Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.49 in the evening of the 20th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a French fishing boat had been seen to go aground on the Brake Sands, and at 5.57 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings. The sea was smooth with a light south-westerly breeze blowing.

The life-boat found the fishing boat Notre Dame des Flots, of Gravelines, with a crew of nine. She refloated without help and the life-boat guided her clear of the sandbanks and es- corted her to Ramsgate, reaching her station again at 6.35. — Rewards, £6 125. Qd..