A night rescue operation had its sequel at Portsmouth when the Commanding Officer of a Royal Naval frigate handed over a cheque for £100 to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Frigate, H.M.S. Naiad, was on her way to Portsmouth on 21st August when at 3.30 a.m. the officer of the watch sighted a red flare 12 miles south of Portland Bill and the ship altered course to investigate. She found the yacht Trocar, owned by an Essex businessman, drifting helplessly in the busy shipping lane. H.M.S. Naiad stood by her for three and a half hours until the Naval tug Sheepdog took the yacht into Weymouth Bay. The grateful owner of the yacht sent a cheque for £100 to the ship's company of 17 officers and 246 ratings. At a meeting of the ship's welfare committee it was decided to present the cheque to the R.N.L.I. Here the Commanding Officer, Commander A. R. Wood, Royal Navy, is pictured presenting the cheque to Dr. Ian T. McLachlan, honorary secretary at Eastney..