Caister, Norfolk. At 9.20 on the morning of the 16th of August, 1958, two men were seen ashore on Scroby Sands from the boathouse. A small boat was near them. Ten minutes later the men began waving to a passing ship, and it was decided to launch the life- boat Jose Neville at 9.45. There was a moderate swell, with a moderate westerly wind blowing and a flood tide.

The life-boat reached Scroby Sands and found the converted ship's boat Ocean Queen anchored about a hun- dred yards from the bank. Three members of the life-boat's crew were put aboard with a pair of oars. They rowed the Ocean Queen to the edge of the sands and picked up the two men.

The men were transferred to the life- boat, and with the Ocean Queen in tow, the life-boat returned to Yarmouth harbour. She reached her station at 12.45. Rewards to the crew, £9 12s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £6 7s..