Port Erin, Isle of Man.—At 6.42 on the evening of the 23rd of July, 1955, the harbourmaster telephoned that the Cregneish wireless station had received a message from Chicken Rock light- house that a boat was in distress near the lighthouse. At 6.55 the life-boat Matthew Simpson was launched. The sea was calm, there was a light breeze, and it was two hours before low water.

The life-boat found the motor boat Swift, of Port St. Mary, with two men on board, on a fishing trip two miles south of Chicken Rock. Her engine had broken down, and her crew had been unable to make any progress with oars. The life-boat towed her to Port Erin, arriving at 8.15. The owner made a donation to the funds of the Institution.—Rewards to the crew, £7; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 14s..