Humber, Yorkshire. — At 2.40 in the afternoon of the 1st of April 1952, the Mablethorpe coastguard tele- phoned that a small ship lying at anchor three and a half miles east- north-east of Mablethorpe appeared to be flying a distress signal, and at 2.45 the life-boat Edward Z. Dresden, on temporary duty at the station, was launched. The sea was rough with a moderate northerly breeze blowing.

The life-boat found the barge Zuver- sicht, of Hamburg, with her engine broken down. Three of her crew had left her in a small boat. The life-boat towed it back to her. She then took the skipper to a British steamer which had arrived, took him back to his barge and passed a tow rope to her from the steamer. The steamer towed the Zuversicht to King's Lynn, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 9.15 that night.

—Property Salvage Case..