St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 6.16 on the evening of the 3rd of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the principal keeper at St. Abbs Head lighthouse had re- ported a yacht burning distress flares off St. Abbs Head. At 6.25 the life- boat Howard D, on temporary duty at the station, was launched one hour before high water. There was a gentle south-easterly wind and a choppy sea with a slight haze. The life-boat found the yacht Southern Cross with her engine broken down. The yacht had a crew of three. The life-boat towed her into St. Abbs, arriving at 7.9.

Rewards to the crew, £6 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..