Barmouth, Merionethshire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a boat was making very heavy weather outside Aberdovey bar. The boat was kept under observation but was subsequently lost sight of in the poor visibility. As the Aberystwyth life-boat was fully occupied with other boats in trouble, it was decided to launch the Barmouth life-boat to investigate. The life-boat The Chief- tain was launched at 12.20. The sea was very rough, and there was a fresh to strong north-north-westerly gale.

The tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the fishing vessel West- mark one and a half miles west of Towyn and managed after some man- oeuvring to come alongside and take off her crew of two. She arrived back at her station at 5.10.—Rewards to the crew, £11 4s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 8s..