The war in Europe ended at one minute after midnight of May 8th., and the last launch of a life-boat was one minute before the end. An mdei- vatei explosion, either torpedo or mine, had blown up a Norwegian minesweeper, one of four, fifteen miles east by south of Berry Head on the coast of Devon, and the Salcombe life-boat was launched to her help at midnight. The Torbay life-boat had already put out three-quarters of an hour earlier. Both life-boats searched for the remains of the minesweeper and her crew for several hours, but all that they found was two cushions..