JUNE MEETING CARNE, Co. WEXFORD. On the night of the 16th March, 1941, the steam trawler Thomas Booth, of Milford Haven, when on her way to the fishing grounds, ran on to the Whelkeen Rock, a mile off shore, S.S.E. of Wexford. The weather was foggy, with a light N.E. wind and a slight ground swell.

Her SOS was seen flashed through a break in the fog, and three men put out in a rowing boat. Guided by another SOS they found the trawler’s crew of eleven in the ship’s boat.

They did not know their position, and their boat was drifting towards a reef of rocks over which a strong spring tide was running. The three men guided them safely to Carne pier.

- Rewards, £3.

BALLYCOTTON, Co. CORK. On the 23rd April, 1941, the coxswain of the Ballycotton life-boat and two other life-boatmen were fishing from a rowing boat about two miles out in Ballycotton Bay. A fresh wind was blowing, with a moderate sea and a long swell.

The weather got worse, and at 5.30 in theafternoon a sea broke on the boat, capsizing her. Two of the men clung to the keel and the other to an oar. The boat drifted into broken water, turning over several times.

Half a mile away was another boat, a 14-foot dinghy manned by two brothers. They saw the accident and at once went to the rescue.

The sea was increasing, and before they arrived they broke one of their oars in two, but they handled their dinghy with great coolness, courage and skill. They got to the scene just in time and picked up the three men in the water, now almost exhausted, hauling them in over the stern of the dinghy.

It was a rescue in which the rescuers not only showed courage and skill, but ran great risk, and the Institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum, to each of the two men, MICHAEL LYNCH and MATTHEW LYNCH.

The Institution made rewards of £3 and also paid £1 10s. for a new pair of oars.

Matthew Lynch returned his money award to the Institution.

BARDSEY ISLAND, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At about 6 in the evening of the 29th April, 1941, the R.A.F. at Penrhos reported, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane was down in the sea nine miles W.N.W. of Bardsey Island. A moderate E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a slight sea. The Porthdinllaen life-boat was launched, aeroplanes went up, and by means of prearranged signals the coastguard called out the Bardsey Island motor boat. With a crew of five she searched throughout the night, but found nothing.- Rewards, £7 10s. and £1 1s. for fuel used.

(See Porthdinllaen, “ Accounts of Services by Life-boats,” page 49.) PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. Shortly before eleven in the morning of the 2nd May, 1941, an aeroplane crashed into the sea in Port St. Mary bay. Wind and sea were moderate. The coastguard reported the crash to the life-boat station, and the lifeboat was launched, but meanwhile the crash had been seen from the shore by four men, who put out in two small motor boats. One boat, getting away very quickly, reached the aeroplane within fifteen minutes, and found that the pilot was dead. She got his body out of the partly submerged aeroplane and brought it ashore. - Rewards, £1 15s.

and 5s. for fuel used.

(See Port St. Mary, “ Accounts of Services by Life-boats,” page 52.) ST. DAVID'S, PEMBROKESHIRE. Shortly before 8 in the evening of the 20th May, 1941, a burning aeroplane was seen by a farmer on Ramsey Island to fall into the sea to the south-west of the island. A light N.N.W.

wind was blowing, with a calm sea. The farmer told one of his men to bring round his motor boat, and then went himself to the shore opposite the spot. There he saw a man swimming towards him, and the man shouted “ Friend, Pole “. The farmer helped him out of the water. By this time the motor boat had arrived and took both men aboard.

On her way to Ramsey Sound the motor boat was met by the St. David’s life-boat, whichtook aboard the farmer and the airman.

The farmer’s man took the motor boat back to her moorings, and the life-boat landed the airman, who was suffering from burns, shock and exhaustion. The farmer then went in the life-boat to guide her to the scene of the accident, and the life-boat picked up the airman’s parachute. She then went to the motor boat’s mooring and collected his tunic and life-jacket. - Rewards, £1 5s.

(See St. David’s, “ Accounts of Services by Life-boats,” page 51.) SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL. At about 10.45 on the night of the 27th May, 1941, the auxiliary cruiser Registan was bombed by four enemy aeroplanes and set on fire six miles N.W. of Sennen Cove. The weather was fine, with a light S.W. wind and a moderate sea. The Sennen Cove life-boat was being overhauled, and her secondcoxswain and four other men put out in a motor fishing boat at 11 o’clock. Close to the burning steamer they rescued four men from a raft, one badly injured. They had made use of a morse lamp and the light had attracted an enemy aeroplane, which flew over the motor boat and machine-gunned her crew, but without doing them any damage. They landed the four rescued men at Sennen Cove at 3.15 in the morning.

The St. Ives life-boat had been launched at 11.15 P . M . , but arrived to find that all survivors had been rescued by destroyers.- Rewards, £10 and £1 for use of boat.

(See St. Ives, “ Accounts of Services by Life-boats, ” page 53.) BARDSEY ISLAND, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 10.10 in the morning of the 29th May, 1941, information was received at the Aberdaron look-out that an aeroplane was down in the sea one mile south-east of Bardsey Island.

Signals were made to the island, and a motor boat, manned by four men, put out, but the report proved to be a false alarm. - Rewards, £2 and 7s. 6d. for fuel used.

SEAHAM, DURHAM. At about 5.15 in the afternoon of the 1st June, 1941, the coastguard reported a coble two and a half miles south of Seaham coastguard look-out and a quarter of a mile off shore, with one of the crew of three waving his arms. A light N.E.

breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The Seaham life-boat was off service, and two men put out in a motor coble and towed the disabled coble to Seaham Harbour. - Rewards, £1 5s. and 5s. for fuel used.

GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE. At 1.40 in the morning of the 6th June, 1941, information was received from the coastguard that a vessel was on fire about eight miles S.E. by E.

from Gourdon. She was one of a convoy which had been attacked by enemy aeroplanes.

A N.E. wind was blowing, with a slight swell. Seven men put out in a motor boat, but found that the Montrose life-boat had already arrived and was taking some survivors from one of two steamers which had rescued the crew of the bombed steamer.The seven men in the motor boat returned ashore. - Rewards, £9 13s. 6d.

(See Montrose, “Accounts of Services by Life-boats,” page 54.)

SEAHAM, DURHAM. About 8 in the morning of the 8th June, 1941, the coastguard reported an “ object with a flash from it ” a quarter of a mile south of ShipperSea Bay. Wind and sea were moderate. Three men put out in a motor coble, but found nothing. - Rewards, £1 17s. 6d. and 5s. for fuel used.