Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the night of the 18th of January, 1958, the Formby coastguard told the honorary secretary that the pilot cutter St. Anne, of Preston, was agroundbetween Lytham and Preston docks.

There was one man, the master, on board her. At 11.35 the life-boat Sarah Townsend Porritt put out in a rough sea.

There was a moderate west-north- westerly wind and the tide was ebbing.

The life-boat found the St. Anne on the south side of the River Ribble off Freckleton Naze, but was unable to come near her as the St. Anne had crossed the training wall and was aground on the marsh. One of the pilots who had put out in the life-boat told the master of the cutter that efforts to refloat his vessel would be made next morning and assured him that he was safe in the meantime. The life-boat then returned to her moorings. She put out again at 8.45 the next morning in a calm sea and stood by while a tug tried to refloat the St. Anne. The tug did not succeed, and when the master of the cutter had been taken on board the tug, the life-boat returned to her sta- tion, arriving at noon. First service : rewards to the crew, £9 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 10s. Second service : rewards to the crew, £12 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3..