Frank Castle, second coxswain of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat for 19 years, lost his life in a gale in April. The life-boat had gone out to a barge, and the coxswain put Castle, the bowman and the assistant motor mechanic on board to help weigh anchor. Without warning the barge capsized and her skipper and boy, as well as Castle, were drowned. The bowman and assistant motor mechanic were rescued by the life-boat..