Dungeness, Kent. At 1.15 on the afternoon of the 3rd of December, 1958, the coastguard at Lade informed the honorary secretary that two vessels had been in collision twelve miles south-south-west of Dungeness. At 1.30 the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched in a calm sea. There were light offshore airs and a flood tide, and there was dense fog. The life-boat found the Greek motor vessel King Minos down by the head four miles southsouth-west of Dungeness. Her master informed the coxswain that his vessel was in no immediate danger. The life- boat searched for the other vessel which had been in the collision, but was unable to find her, and the coxswain decided to return to the King Minos for a radar bearing. As a result the life- boat found the S.S. Prodromos of Monrovia in tow of a tug. Her crew had been taken off by other vessels, and twelve of the survivors were transferred to the life-boat from the motor vessel Montferland. The life-boat then re- turned to her station, arriving at nine o'clock. At 4.30 on the afternoon of the 4th of December the life-boat was launched at the request of Lloyds' agent at Dover to land six of the crew of the S.S. Prodromos, which had groun- ded two miles south of Rye. They reached Dungeness at 8.30.

1st service : rewards to the crew, £23 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £26. 2nd service : all expenses were paid by Lloyds' agent and a donation was made to the branch funds..