Dungeness, Kent.—At 11.58 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned to say that the Dutch motor vessel Borneo, of Groningen, had been in collision with the Varne lightship. The life- boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched at 12.30 in a moderate swell. There was a fresh north- easterly breeze, and it was high water.

The life-boat found the Borneo eight miles south-east of the life-boat station with her engines broken down. She stood by until a tug arrived and then returned to her station, arriving at 4.15.—Rewards to the crew, £12 12,s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £20 8s..