Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 20th of Sep- tember, 1953, the life-boat motor mechanic noticed that the sailing dinghy Joan, with two men and a boy on board, had capsized a hundred yards north-east of the pier. At 4.9 the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched.

The sea was moderate with a fresh west-south-west breeze blowing. The life-boat found the three people cling- ing to the upturned dinghy four hun- dred yards from the pier. She rescued them, took them ashore and then put out again and towed in the dinghy, reaching her station again at 6.20.—• Rewards, £7 13s..