Fowey, Cornwall. At 9.32 on the evening of the 3rd of May, 1958, the Polruan coastguard told the honorary secretary that a white flashing light had been seen three to four miles south-east of the look-out. At 9.40 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put out in a smooth sea, with a gentle south-easterly wind blowing and an ebb tide. The life-boat found a burning flare and the coxswaintried to take it aboard, but it was too hot. The flare was sunk and the life- boat reached her moorings at 11.25.

Rewards to the crew etc., £7. 2s. 6d..