ON the 4th of February, as reported in the Spring Journal, 1951, the Camp- be! town life-boat helped the frigate Loch Fada, which had got into diffi- culties with the landing craft Stalker in tow. The Loch Fada's command- ing officer sent a gift, with this letter: "I have been asked to send you the enclosed donation not only as a recog- nition of the fine work you do, but also as a token of the appreciation by all serving at Londonderry of the assistance rendered to H.M.S. Stalker, and this ship, by the Campbeltown (Argyllshire) life-boat last February. To set forth to the assistance of others in distress, in a gale such as was raging at the time earned all of our deepest respect and admiration." A Crash into the Sea On the 19th of April the Torbay life- boat went out to an Anson aeroplane which had crashed in the sea and had sunk. She found the aeroplane's four men in a rubber dinghy, rescued them, and gave them hot cocoa. This letter comes from the group captain, manag- ing director of Air Service Training, Ltd., at Hamble, Southampton.

"Our personnel were very impressed by the prompt arrival of the life-boat, and on their behalf, and that of this Company, I should like to congratulate the crew on reaching the scene of the accident so quickly, and to thank them for their timely help. With your per- mission, we should like to give each member of the crew a small token of our appreciation of their services and I should be grateful if vou can supply me with the names and initials of those concerned." Each member of the crew was given a Ronson Whirlwind Lighter, guaran- teed to light in any weather, with his initials on it, and the A.S.T. badge, and a gift was sent to the village of Hamble for its life-boat flag day.

The Unmanageable Yacht On the night of Good Friday, the 23rd of March, a red light was seen burning a mile off Seaford Head, and the Newhaven life-boat went out. She found a yacht, with a woman and three men on board, unmanageable in a rough sea, and in danger of being blown on the rocks. She towed her to New- haven. A few days later the coxswain received this letter: " You will remember on Good Friday, March 23rd, that you and your crew went to the assistance of the yacht Kayak endeavouring to enter New- haven. I have told my father of the incident and the magnificent way you handled your vessel on that occasion, and how thankful the writer of this letter was when he felt the heaving line between his hands. My father has suggested that, as a small token of our appreciation of your efforts, we send you the enclosed cheque. We do this on behalf of all yachtsmen, for the extremely efficient and rapid response to our distress signals, and the way you looked after us from the time of passing the tow rope to mooring up alongside.

Nobody could have wished for finer or more expert handling or for more courteous help.

"I have described you and your crew to my father as 'bit of Old England'.

This is no exaggeration. While this old country of ours can produce men with this unselfish devotion to duty there isn't much wrong with it, and to us Newhaven will always be gratefully remembered and visited whenever we are down that way, though we hope that our next meeting will not have to be arranged by means of flares and rockets.".