Weymouth, Dorset.—At 6.45 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1956, the Wyke coastguard telephoned that a yacht was out of control twenty-five miles south-west of Portland Bill and needed help. At seven o'clock the life-boat William and Clara Ryland put out in a rough sea. A strong northerly breeze was blowing, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the yacht Midnight being towed by H.M.S. Keppel, and at the request of the captain of the Keppel she took over the tow and made for Weymouth, which she reached at 7.30. As the yacht was making water, a member of the crew was put aboard to help with baling.—Rewards to the crew, £23 17s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £l 4s..