Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.31 on the afternoon of the 31st of May, 1956, the Deal coastguard reported that the Liberian steamer Centaurus had been in collision with an unknown tanker some eighteen miles east-by-south from Ramsgate. The life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3, on tem- porary duty at the station, was launched in a smooth sea, with a light north-north-easterly breeze blowing, thick fog and a flooding tide. With the help of Foreness radar station the Centaurus was found, and at the request of the captain the life-boat stood by until the steamer was taken in tow by the French tug Jean Bart.

The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 10.20. The Centaurus proceeded to Flushing under tow of the French tug Jean Bart.—Rewards to the crew, £19 Is.; reward to the helper on shore. 17,?..