The new Motor Life-boat Lady Rallies, which had been stationed at Fraserburgh as recently as July, was called upon to per- form her first service on the 8th August.

Between seven and eight o'clock in the morning an enemy submarine was sighted about fifteen miles off, and she was seen to make for two vessels, one of which was the s.s. Glenravel, of Bel- fast. After a short time one of the vessels was missed by Coxswain Noble, who was on the watch. The Life-boat was manned and she at once proceeded j in the direction in which the vessel was | last seen. About twelve miles out they fell in with the boat belonging to the steamer, containing the crew of fourteen all told. The men were taken into the Life-boat and she then returned to Fraserburgli. From the information [ subsequently obtained it appeared that the submarine had fired on the vessel ' without warning and the crew had had to take'refuge as quickly as possible in one of the ship's boats. The steamer was afterwards sunk by bombs thrown by the crew of the submarine. The sunken vessel was bound from Belfast to Leith at the time with a general cargo; 1 fortunately no lives were lost..