Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.54 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1956, theShoreham coastguard reported that the Royal Sovereign lightvessel had informed him that a small yacht along- side her was in difficulty and needed a tow to Newhaven. At 8.20 the life- boat Beryl Tollemache was launched in a choppy sea. There was a moder- are westerly wind blowing, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the motor cruiser Queen Catherine, of Southampton, whose engine had broken down. Her crew of three were transferred to the life- boat, and after a member of the life- boat's crew had been put aboard the yacht, she was towed to Newhaven.

The life-boat reached her station again at 2.40 on the morning of the 5th.— Property Salvage Case..