Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 9.15 on the evening of the 12th of June, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a small boat with three men on board was firing red flares off Rossall Point.

At 9.35 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched in a choppy sea.

There was a light westerly breeze blowing and the tide was flooding.

The life-boat came up with the motor boat Madonna, of Fleetwood, whose engine had broken down. She took her in tow to Fleetwood, arriving at 11.15.—Rewards to the crew, £7 4*.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 16s.