Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—At 8.16 on the morning of 12th of June, 1955, the Gorleston coastguard rang up the Great Yar- mouth and Gorleston life-boat station to say that a shrimp boat had broken down off the harbour. At 8.25 the life-boat Louise Stephens was launched.

The sea was rough, there was a moder- ate south-easterly gale, and the tide was low. The life-boat came up with the King Edward VII, which had a crew of two, and towed her in. Two other shrimp boats were seen approach- ing from the north, and the life-boat put to sea again at once. At 8.30 the Caister motor mechanic had noticed that the Try was making little head- way and shipping water one and a half miles north-east of Caister, so at 9.18 the Caister life-boat Jose Neville was launched. In the meantime the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life- boat escorted in the I'll Try and Baden Powell and then waited for the Caister life-boat, which had met the Try and was leading her to the harbour.

The Caister life-boat spread oil on the sea and asked the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat to do so as well at the harbour entrance. The Caister life-boat then escorted in theTry and returned to her station, arriving at 12.20. The Great Yar- mouth and Gorleston life-boat reached her station again at eleven o'clock.

Rewards: Great Yarmouth and Gorles- ton, rewards to the crew, £6 13s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 2s. 6d. Caister: rewards to the crew, £8 Is.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 19s..