Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.34 on the evening of the 17th of December, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a trawler had fired a red flare two miles south-south-east of Newhaven.

At 8.45 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched. There was a moderate sea and a moderate south- westerly breeze. The tide was flood- ing. On reaching the position the life-boat found the French trawler Durandel, whose engines had broken down, in tow of another Frenchtrawler. She escorted them to New- haven, arriving at 9.20.—Rewards to the crew, £8 15s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 12s..