St. Ives, Cornwall.—On the 16th of September, 1956, the coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was ashore at Western Carricks and that two of her crew had been brought ashore by a motor launch. At 12.40 in the after- noon, the life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched in calm weather. One of the rescued men was taken aboard the life-boat to indicate the position where the vessel was ashore. Near Hore Point the life-boat came up with the motor vessel Ancotts, which had eight people on board and was leaking badly.

The life-boat took her in tow and reached St. Ives harbour at four o'clock.—Property Salvage Case..