Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.44 on the evening of the 29th of July, 1953, after the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 had been launched to the tanker San Cirilo, the coast- guard reported that a yacht was ashore on Red Sands. The life-boat reached her station again at eleven o'clock, was told the position of the yacht and put to sea again ten minutes later.

The sea was choppy with a light west- south-west breeze blowing. The life- boat found the yacht Sutta, with a crew of four, one and a half miles south of Red Sand Forts. She stood by until the yacht got clear and was able to continue her journey, and then re- turned to her station, arriving at two o'clock the next morning.—Rewards, £7 15s..