Newhaven, Sussex. — At 7.35 on the night of the 23rd of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small ship appeared to be in difficulties off the harbour and was burning a red light.

At 7.50 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched, in a rough sea with a strong south-westerly breeze blowing. She found the yacht Kayak, with three men and a woman on board, one mile off Seaford Head. She had engine trouble and becoming unmanage- able, was in danger of going on the Henston Rocks. The life-boat towed her to Newhaven harbour and reached her station again at 8.45. One of the rescued men and the owner made gifts to the life-boatmen.—Rewards, £9 11s..