Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.0 on the night of the 3rd of April, 1951, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a small vessel two miles east-south-east of Portland Bill was burning red flares.

At 7.15 the life-boat William and Clara Ryland was launched. The sea was moderate with a south-westerly breeze blowing. She fouud the motor cruiser Paddy Moya, of Christchurch, with a crew of two, bound for Penzance. Her engine had broken down and she was in a dangerous position, with theweather getting worse. The life-boat therefore towed her to Weymouth, and reached her station again at 12.10 the next morning.—Property Salvage Case..