Swanage, Dorset.—At 4.9 on the after- noon of the 16th of June, 1956, thecoastguard telephoned to say that the police had stated that a man had reported seeing a rowing boat with three occupants appear to capsize by the second buoy off Ocean Bay cafd.

No detailed information was given but at 5.16 the coastguard reported that a man was clinging to a boat by Ballard Head. The life-boat R.L.P.

was launched at 5.30 in poor visibility and a very choppy sea, with a moder- ate south-south-westerly gale blowing and rain squalls. The life-boat m?,de for the position and found a young man clinging to the Sailing Club buoy.

He was unconscious and was only taken aboard the life-boat with diffi- culty. The life-boat signalled for a doctor and ambulance and returned to her station. After landing the man the life-boat returned to the scene of the incident and searched a wide area for the other two occupants of the rowing boat without success. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.30.—Rewards to the crew, £9 16s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 8s..