Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 21st of Decem- ber, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that the tug Harold Brown, which had a dumb barge in tow, had run aground about four hundred yards east of Shoreham Harbour. At 2.58 the life- boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Limn was launched. The sea was rough, a strong westerly breeze was blowing, and it was ]ow water. The life-boatanchored to the south-east of the tug, which had a crew of four, and fired a line to her. The barge which had a crew of three, had anchored closer in-shore, but remained in tow of the tug. The coastguard Life-Saving Apparatus Company went to the posi- tion and rescued the three men from the shore. A tow line was made fast between the life-boat and the tug, and the tug's stern was kept into the wind to prevent her from being driven further ashore. At 5.5 the tug started to move seawards, and the life-boat towed her well clear of the shore.

The tug then made for harbour with the barge, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 6.10.— Property Salvage Case..