Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At 2.45 in the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1951, the honorary secre- tary was on the sea front and saw a local motor fishing boat two miles to the west of the life-boat station drift- ing rapidly. She had two men on board. One of the men was trying to ship her rudder. He could not and instead used an oar to steer her. The sea was choppy, with a fresh westerly breeze blowing; the harbour bar dangerous. So at 3.4 the life-boat Aguila Wren was launched on service for the first time, with the second coxswain in charge. She came up with the fishing boat which had now anchored one mile north-west of the station, towed her into the harbour and arrived back at her station at 4.5.

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