Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 10.26 on the morning of the 5th of May, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground one mile south of Red Sand Fort and was pounding heavily. At 10.55 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was j launched in a rough sea. There was a moderate north-north-westerly gale blowing, and it was low water. The life-boat made for the position and kept in constant communication with a helicopter which had also been sent.

She found the yacht Coronet, with a crew of three, half a mile south of the West Spaniard buoy. The yacht had refloated on the flooding tide, and the life-boat escorted her to shelter in the River Swale. She then returned to her station, arriving at 3.15.—Re- wards to the crew, £12 16*.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 4*..