Ramsgate, Kent.—At 7.10 on the evening of the 7th of April, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a French fishing vessel appeared to be aground half a mile off Quern Buoy. At 7,15 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings.

The sea was slight, with a strong west- south-west breeze blowing. She found the motor trawler Notre Dame de Calais, of Calais, bumping on the Brake Sands.

Her skipper declined a tow, so the cox- swain advised him how to get her clear of the sands; and when she refloated the life-boat guided her to Ramsgate harbour. She reached her station again at 8.30. — Rewards, £5 18s..