JUNE 13TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 7.45 P.M. a violent explosion was heard off the harbour. It was the minesweeper Ocean Sunlight which had struck a mine. The weather was fine, with a calm sea and a slight S.W.

wind. At 7.57 P.M. the motor life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched, but her help was not needed, as H.M.S. Forward had picked up five survivors of the crew of fourteen.

At the request of the senior naval officer the life-boat salved gear from the minesweeper and brought it in. - Rewards, £8 11s. 6d..