WHEN the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight life-boat went to the help of the schooner Lamorna, on the 4th of November, 1951, and rescued her crew of fourteen (as described on page 308), H.M.S. Redpole, which had had the Lamorna in tow, was standing by.

Two months later the following para- graph appeared in the Isle of Wight Press in its Yarmouth news: "The gallant rescue of the crew of 14 from the ill-fated treasure ship Lamorna off the Needles on November 4th, was recalled on Tuesday, when the crew of the life-boat were entertained at dinner on board the Portsmouth Flotilla's navigation instructional ship H.M.S. Redpole, which anchored in the Roads. Although co-operating closely in the rescue work the crews of the two vessels had previously seen one another only in the glare of search- lights, and their only communication had been by radio-telephone. The party included the coxswain (Mr.

Stanley Smith), who was unable to take part in the rescue owing to an injured arm, and the second coxswain (Mr. Harold Hayles), who was in charge of the life-boat on November 4th.".