Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At 8.35 on the night of the 30th of September, 1951, the coastguard reported that a forty-feet yacht was ashore about a mile off Scrapsgate, Isle of Sheppey, and at 8.45 the life-boat, Greater London, Civil Service No. 3, was launched. A rough sea was running with a strong easterly wind. The life- boat found the motor yacht Snafelle, of London, with a crew of two. They had no food aboard so were given bis- cuits from the life-boat's stores. The Snafelle had refloated unaided, but her owner asked to be escorted to Sheer- ness Harbour. This the life-boat did and, after leaving the yacht at a safe anchorage, returned to Southend, arriving at 11.35.—Rewards £8 14s..