Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 9.20 on the night of the 12th of August, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a red flare had been seen four and a half miles south-east-by-east of Shoreham Harbour. At 9.30 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and-Phyllis Lunn was launched.

The sea was heavy, a moderate south- south-west gale was blowing and it was an hour before high water. The life-boat found the motor vessel Bos- tonian VII, which was on charter to a brewery for advertising purposes, bound for Newhaven with a crew of two. She had broken down, had anchored in a dangerous position, and was dragging. The life-boat rescued the two men on board and reached her station at 12.10 early on the 13th.

Ten minutes later the life-boat was launched again. This time she towed in the vessel and arrived back at her station at 6.40.—Rewards: 1st service, £8; 2nd service, Property Salvage Case..