Walmer, Kent.—At 2.11 on the after- noon of the 15th of July, 1955, the Deal coastguard telephoned that a steamer had reported that the tug Trapu, of Dunkirk, had gone aground on the Goodwin Sands about half a mile south-by-east of the West Good- win buoy. Nine minutes later the life-boat "Charles Dibdin, Civil Service No. 2 was launched. There was a slight sea, a moderate north-north- east breeze was blowing, and it was low water. The life-boat found the Trapu, which had a crew of seven, at the Goodwin Fork Sands, but she did not need help. At the request of the skipper the life-boat stood by the tug until she refloated at 5.5. She then returned to her station, arriving at six o'clock.—Rewards to the crew.

£12 12s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £17 5s..