Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 11.20 in the morning of the 17th of January, 1950,the coastguard telephoned that the fishing boat Skylark, of Shoreham, working from Eastbourne, had not returned from early morning fishing.

As the weather was becoming worse, the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 11.40. There was a strong northerly wind with a rough sea. She found the fishing boat one mile south of the Royal Sovereign Lightvessel and escorted her home, returning to her station at 12.55 in the afternoon.—Rewards, £22 5s..