St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—At 1.30 early on the morning of the 20th of Au- gust, 1953, a man rang up the life-boat station and said that four men had put out in the fishing boat Maud, of Jersey, but were now five hours overdue. At 2.30 a message \vas received that the Maud had been seen under sail to the north-west, and at 2.50 the life-boat Queen Victoria put to sea. The sea was moderate, with a light south- south-west breeze blowing. The life- boat found the fishing boat anchored near the Platte Fougere lighthouse.

Her engine had broken down, and she had been unable to sail against the wind and tide. The life-boat towed her to St. Peter Port, arriving at 4.38.

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