Gampbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 5.47 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1952, the Kildonan coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht had been reported aground off Kilmory to the west of Bennan Head, Arran, and at 5.57 the life-boat City of Glasgow left her moor- ings. There was a heavy ground swell with a light south-south-east breeze.

The life-boat found the auxiliary ketch Jonquil, of South Queensferry, broken down, with the owner and another man on board. The owner's wife, another woman and two children had been put ashore, and the life-boat anchored as near to the Jonquil as she could get. The owner put off from the ketch in a dinghy and asked the life-boatmen to stand by and take the ketch in tow. They passed a rope across and, early the next morning, the ketch refloated on the rising tide.

The life-boat then towed her to Camp- beltown, reaching her station again at 4.0. One of the men made a donation to the funds of the Institution.— Rewards, £21 6s. 6d..