Howth, Co. Dublin.—At seven o'clock on the night of the 3rd of February, 1950, a local fisherman reported that the fishing boat Paragon, of Arklow, had gone on the rocks off Ireland's Eye.

At 7.13, therefore, the life-boat R.P.L.

was launched, in a smooth sea with a moderate south-westerly breeze. She found the Paragon with a crew of three, drifting two miles north of Ireland's Eye with her steering gear out of action.

Having towed her to harbour, she reached her station again at 8.45.-—• Rewards, £7 16*..