Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.25 on the morning of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was burning flares one and a half miles east-south-east of Aldeburgh. At 8.3 the No. 1 life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched in a moderate swell with a moderate southerly breeze blowing.

She found the 8-ton auxiliary yacht Margaret, of Boston, with a crew of three, off Orfordness. Her rudder had broken, but her crew made tem- porary repairs, and the owner asked the life-boat to escort them to Lowes- toft. The life-boat did so and then returned to her station, arriving at five o'clock. The owner made a gift to the life-boatmen.—Rewards, £49 Is. 6d..