Torbay, Devon.—At eight o'clock oil the morning of the 19th of April, 1955, the French Vice-Consul rang up to say that the fishing boat Normandie, of Dieppe, had gone aground near Man- sands, and that two members of her crew of eight had swum ashore for help. They needed a tug, but a motor boat went to the fishing boat's help, and the life-boat George Slice put out at 8.30. The sea was calm, there was a light north-easterly breeze, and it was two hours before low water.

The life-boat found the Normandie high and dry, surrounded by rocks, at the south end of Mansands beach.

The motor boat remained with the Normandie with the intention of re- floating her on the afternoon tide, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at ten o'clock. TheVice-Consul asked if the life-boat would put to sea in the afternoon, and at three o'clock she left her station again. She stood by while the motor boat refloated the fishing boat, and then escorted them to Brixham, reach- ing her station again at five o'clock.— Rewards to the crew, £9; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 12s..