Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 4.58 on the afternoon of the 2nd of August, 1957, the coastguard told the coxswain that a dinghy had capsized two hundred yards off shore opposite the Grand Hotel at Frinton. The life- boat Edian Courtauld put out at 5.5 in a moderate sea. There was a slight to moderate north-easterly breeze blowing and it was high water. The life-boat made for the position given but found nothing and called a heli- copter, which was also searching, by the very high frequency radio-tele- phone. The pilot of the helicopter replied that he had seen nothing but that he would continue to search.

The coxswain then received a message that the dinghy had reached shore safely, and after passing this message to the helicopter pilot he made for the life-boat station. Just before the life- boat reached the pier a small dinghy was seen about a mile off the coast- guard station, and as the wind and seas were freshening the coxswain decided to investigate. The life-boat came up with the small dinghy Philo- mena and found that her crew of three were unable to row ashore. The life- boat took the dinghy in tow and arrived back at her moornings at 6.12.

—Rewards to the crew, £8; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 17s..