Salcombe, Devon.—At 9.7 on the night of the 4th of November, 1954, the Prawle Point coastguard telephoned that red flares had been seen half a mile south-east of Prawle Point. At 9.20 the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse put out. There was a slight sea and a light north-westerly breeze.

The life-boat made for the position in a flooding tide and found the motor boat Tamar, of Exmouth, on passage to Falmouth, at anchor, with a crew of two. She had broken down. Her crew asked for help to weigh the anchor, and a life-boatman boarded her. At the crew's request the lifeboat then towed the boat to Salcombe, arriving at 11.20.—Property Salvage Case..