Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 11.5 on the night of the 1st of August, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that flares had been seen seven miles to the south- ward, and at 11.50 the life-boatMichael Stephens put out in a calm sea and light breeze. She found the tug Armina, of Lowestoft, burned out and drifting with nobody on board.

She searched for survivors and came up with a rowing boat with two men, who had put out from Kessing- land, on board. The men were ex- hausted, and the life-boatmen took them on board and gave them rum.

She then received a wireless message that the one man in the Armina had been picked up by a steamer. She therefore towed the rowing boat to Kessingland, landed the men there and returned to her station, arriving at 3.50 on the 2nd.—Rewards, £10 2*..