JULY 29TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 1.56 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported red flares five miles south-south-east of Leathercoats. A moderate south-south-west gale was blowing and the sea was rough.

The motor life-boat, Langham, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 2.25 and found the former German yacht Hildgund, with her sails blown away. She had a crew of four naval officers. They had been a week bringing her from Kiel. She had been riding to a sea anchor off Dunkirk for thirty hours and had shipped much water. The officers were exhausted. They asked to be towed to shelter. Three life-boatmen went on board the yacht and the life-boat towed her into Ramsgate harbour, arriving at 5.30 that morning. The life-boat then returned to her station at 9.30. - Property salvage case..