Plymouth, Devon.—At 9.20 on the evening of the 10th of December, 1957, the coxswain learnt that two men had left in a dinghy to board one of their tugs but had been carried to leeward.

A hurricane was blowing and a number of other craft were also adrift, including the Torpoint ferry.

The tug's boarding boats had sunk or were adrift, and it was decided that the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rome should put out at 9.55 to put the crews aboard their tugs. There was a confused sea, the hurricane was blowing from the south-east, and there were heavy rain squalls. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat went to Tor- point, embarked several crews and took them to vessels in difficulties. She then found the tug Carbiel jammed in the entrance to no. 5 basin of the dock- yard. The tug was on a lee shore, for the wind had veered to the south-west.

The life-boat landed the tug's crew at Coal wharf and then stood by while another tug effected salvage. The life- boat finally reached her moorings at 12.10. The owner of the tugs made a donation to the Institution's funds.

Rewards to the crew, £13 10s..