AUGUST 11TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK. At 11.56 A.M. the coastguard reported that enemy aircraft were attacking shipping some seven miles S.E. of Aldeburgh.

A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. A few minutes later a vessel was seen to be on fire. The No. 2 motor life-boat Lucy Lavers was launched at 12.30 P.M., and found the S.S. Oil Trader, a tanker. Her captain requested the life-boat to get fire hoses from a trawler, and after this had been done the life-boat stood by the Oil Trader until a tug arrived at 3.30 P.M. She then returned to her station, arriving at 6 P.M.- Rewards, £11 4s.