Ramsgate, Kent. — At 5.22 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that East Goodwin Lightvessel had reported a yacht near it in urgent need of help.

Eleven minutes later the life-boat Prudential left her moorings in a rough sea with a fresh wind blowing from the south-west. She found the Dutch yacht Amy II had reached the light- vessel just beforehand with a man, his wife and three small sons on board.

Only the man and some of the light- ship's crew were then aboard the yacht.

She was leaking badly, her engine was submerged, and her pump out of order.

The wife and children were taken from the lightvessel into the life-boat, and two life-boatmen were put aboard the yacht. She was then towed into Ramsgate. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 9.28.—Rewards, £11 10s. 6d..