en the outer and inner harbour at Lowestoft, Suffolk, James Dorling
fell overboard from the yacht _Dart_ whilst she was making for the inner
harbour in a strong half-flood tideway, the night very dark, blowing and
raining hard, and going about five and a half knots. Lieutenant (now
Captain) J. de Hoghton, 10th Foot, jumped overboard, swam to Dorling,
and supported him in the water for about a quarter of an hour in the
tideway, between narrow high pilework, without crossbeams or side chains
to lay hold of, and the head of the pilework 12ft. or 15ft. above the
water--the yacht being carried away into the inner harbour, and no other
vessel or boat in the gateway to lend assistance; the darkness prevented
any immediate help being obtained from the shore. The length of the
gateway was about 350 yards, width 15 to 20 yards, depth 10 ft. to 15
ft. Lieutenant de Hoghton and Dorling were ultimately drawn up the
pilework by ropes from the shore."

[Illustration: SUB-LIEUT. R. A. F. MONTGOMERIE R.A.

_From a Photo. by W. and D. Downey._]

SUB-LIEUT. R. A. F. MONTGOMERIE, R.A.

"On a dark night, 6th April, 1877, H.M.S. _Immortalite_ was under sail,
going four-and-a-half knots before the wind, the sea rough for swimming,
and abounding with sharks, when T. E. Hocken, O.S., fell overboard.
Sub-Lieut. R. A. F. Montgomerie, R.A., jumped overboard from the bridge,
a height of twenty-five feet, to his assistance, swam to him, got hold
of the man, and hauled him on to his back, then swam with him to where
he supposed the life-buoy would be; but, seeing no relief, he states
that after keeping him afloat some time, he told the man to keep himself
afloat whilst he took his clothes off. He had got his coat and shirt
off, and was in the act of taking off his trousers when Hocken, in
sinking, caught him by the legs and dragged him down a considerable
depth. His trousers luckily came off clear, and he swam to the surface,
bringing the drowning man with him. Hocken was now insensible. He was
eventually picked up by a second boat that was lowered, after having
been over twenty-one minutes in the water, the first boat having missed
him. The life-buoy was not seen."

[Illustration: LIEUT. LEWIS E. WINTZ, R.N.

_From a Photo. by Henry Wayland, Blackheath._]

LIEUTENANT LEWIS E. WINTZ, R.N. (Now Commander De Wintz.)

"On the 19th December, 1877, H.M.S. _Raleigh_ was running before a fresh
breeze at the rate of seven knots an hour off the Is