H.M.S. Birnbeck
MARCH 27TH. - WESTON-SUPER-MARE, SOMERSET. At 8.15 P.M. it was learned from the officer commanding H.M.S. Birnbeck, that the motor vessel with a crew of four was ashore off Howe Rock, in Berrow Bay, and would foul the coast defences if she drove further ashore on the rising tide. A strong westerly wind was blowing with a moderate sea, but the crew were in no immediate danger. The motor life-boat Fife and Charles was launched at 8.55 P.M., found the vessel moving out of the bay, and at her request, escorted her into the River Axe. As the life-boat was returning she saw a tug from Cardiff and signalled her, by morse, that all was well. She arrived back at her station at 10.30 P.M. - Rewards, £13 13s..