Boulmer, Northumberland.—At 4.10 on the morning of the 1st of December, 1955, the coastguard reported that a ship had run ashore between Boulmer and Craster. At 4.55 the life-boat Clarissa Langdon was launched, with the second coxswain in charge. There was a slight swell, the weather was fine, and the tide was ebbing. The life- boat found the motor vessel Ancora, of Groningen, one mile north of Boulmer, with a crew of nine. She went along- side, and the master asked her to lay out an anchor for him, but the anchor was too heavy for the life-boat. The life-boat remained with the vessel until low tide and then returned to Boulmer, arriving at 6.50. Later in the morning the ship's agents asked if the life-boat would pass a wire from a tug to the Ancora, so at two o'clock the life-boat put to sea again, with the coxswain in charge. She passed across two wires, but they both parted, and by this time the tide was ebbingagain. As the tug had no more wires, the life-boat went alongside the vessel and took on board the master and four men who had been helping to un- load her. She landed them and later put the master and eight men aboard the vessel once more. She finally arrived back at her station at seven o'clock in the evening. The Ancora refloated early the next morning.— Rewards to the crew, £7 10s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £7 11s..