JANUARY 17TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.

At 2.45 in the afternoon the Hope Cove coastguard reported two American landing craft ashore on Thurleston Rock. A southsouth- east wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea. The motor life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse was launched at three o’clock, but the naval station signalled, cancelling the call, and asked the lifeboat to stand by. Shortly afterwards information came that another American landing craft had gone on the Wolf Rock.

The life-boat put out, found the landing craft on the rock, and she got a rope aboard, but failed to pull her off. Two larger American vessels then succeeded in pulling her off.

The life-boat stood by in case of accident and then returned, reaching her station again.