Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 10.50 on the night of the 9th of September, 1950, the Kingston-on-Sea coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the Worthing police.

A vessel was making distress signals two miles south of Worthing. At 11.15 accordingly, the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Limn was launched. The sea was moderate, with a fresh south- westerly breeze blowing. She found the motor yacht Plain Jane, of Shore- ham, two hundred yards south-south- west of Worthing Pier with her engine broken down. Her crew of four were exhausted and asked for a doctor. The life-boat put two men on board, sig- nalled for a doctor to meet her at Shoreham, and towed in the Plain Jane, reaching her station again at 3.25 the next morning.—Property Salvage Case..