Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 7.55 on the morning of the 8th of July, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that the Ports- mouth naval authorities had reported that the fleet tender Sybella (M.F.V.

1564) had gone aground east of Beachy head the evening before. She had been twenty feet from the shore, andshe intended to try to refloat under her own power at high water. It was not thought that she would need any im- mediate help. As the attempt to refloat was unsuccessful and a tug could not be sent because of fog in Portsmouth harbour, the life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 10.15 at night. The sea was ealm, there was a light breeze, and the tide was flood- ing. The life-boat came up with Sybella and helped to refloat her. She returned to her station at 12.30 early on the 9th. The Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth, expressed his apprecia- tion to the station.—Rewards to the crew, £9 12.?.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £9 Ss..