Plymouth, Devon.—At 9.52 on the night of the 2nd of March, 1954, the Rame Head coastguard rang up to say that the Fowey life-boat motor mechanic had intercepted a wireless message from the tanker Atonality, of London. This stated that the Aton- ality was anchored in Plymouth Sound,but was dragging ashore and needed help. At 10.7 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Bovine put out in a rough sea, with a moderate south- westerly gale blowing. She found the tanker aground in Jennycliff'e Bay.

Her tanks were leaking and she was surrounded by petrol, but the life-boat went alongside her and took off eleven members of her crew. The master and chief engineer decided to remain on board, and the life-boat landed the others. She later took out two of them and put them aboard their ship again. The weather moderated, and about midnight a tug refloated the tanker and anchored her. The life- boat put aboard the remainder of her crew and reached her station again at 1.40 early on the morning of the 3rd.—Rewards, £13 10s..