Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.8 on the afternoon of the 19th of March, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the motor barge Persevere, of Rochester, which had a crew of two, had brokendown and sprung a leak and had been taken in tow by a motor vessel. The motor vessel had left her at anchor three quarters of a mile south-west of Swin bell buoy. At 4.23 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched. The sea was slight, there was a light north- north-west breeze, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat towed the barge to Brightlingsea and then returned to her station, arriving at 8.30.—Property Salvage Case..