St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 10.30 on the night of the 20th of August, 1958, the police reported that two fishermen were overdue and that flames had been seen from Cobo Bay in a north-westerly direction. At 10.45 the life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal put out in a rough sea. There was a strong southerly wind and it was high water.

Many confusing reports were received of lights in the vicinity, but these were apparently lights from passing vessels.

At two o'clock in the morning further flares were seen from the shore, and it was thought that the casualty had anchored inside the reefs off Cobo Bay.

The life-boat threaded her way through numerous outlying rocks in poor visi- bility and heavy rain squalls. At four o'clock, when visibility was down to a few yards, the coxswain anchored to await better conditions. At 5.45 the fishing boat was seen at anchor some three hundred yards from the life-boat ; the life-boat closed her and the cox- swain put a member of his crew aboard.

The fishing boat had engine trouble, and she was taken in tow by the life- boat and anchored in Cobo Bay. The two fishermen were then transferred to the life-boat, which landed them at St.

Peter Port at 7.45. Rewards to the crew, £17 9s. ; reward to the helper on shore, £1..