Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At five o'clock on the morning of the 30th of November, 1954, the Walton Bay signal station rang up to say that the English and Welsh Grounds lightvessel had parted one of her cables and needed help. Seven minutes later the Nell's Point coastguard telephoned, and at 5.35 the life-boat Fifi and Charles was launched. The sea was very rough, and a strong gale was blow- ing from the south-west. The life-boat made for the lightvessel in a flooding tide and found that she had dropped another anchor. The lightvessel had drifted a mile to the east of her position and the life-boat stood by her until the tide turned and the wind moderated.

The master of the lightvessel then stated that his ship would be safe until the next tide, and the life-boat re- turned to her station, arriving at 11.10. The life-boatmen remained afloat until four o'clock in case they were needed again, but a tug towed the lightvessel to Cardiff.—Rewards, £31 17s..