MAY 6TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. At about 5 P.M. the life-boat coxswain heard a ship sounding “ V ” in morse on her whistle, ” I need assistance “, and the motor life-boat Royal Silver Jubilee 1910-1935 was launched at 6.30 P.M. A strong northerly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat found the S.S. Radstock, of Bridgwater, a mile north of Wells Bar. She was bound from Avonmouth for Wells, and was short of water, coal and food. Her degaussing gear was out of order and she could not get a pilot. At his request she landed the captain, put a pilot on board, and returned to her station at 7.30 P.M. - Rewards, £11 8s. 10d..