Walmer, Kent. At 2.35 on the after- noon of the 21st of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the crew of the motor boat Secret of Deal were making a signal by waving an oar and a flag a mile off Deal pier. At 2.43 the life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched in a rough sea. There was a westerly wind of near gale force and it was one hour after high water. The life-boat found the motor boat, which had a crew of four, with her engine broken down. She took her in tow and beached her, arriving at her station at 3.35. Rewards to the crew, £6 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £13 14s..