The motor life- boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow was launched at 8.30 P.M. on the 17th January, as the honorary secretary had received a telephone message from the Kildonan coastguards, through the pilot house at Troon, that a small boat belonging to H.M.S. Wolfhound, with four men on board, was adrift in Lam- lash Bay, Arran. A strong west gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and hail and rain showers. The life- boat went across the Firth of Clyde, and at 11.45 P.M. found the destroyer Wolfhound. The officer in command told the coxswain that the boat was at anchor to leeward of the destroyer, but that he was unable to rescue the men owing to shallow water. With some difficulty the life-boat picked the boat up and towed her alongside the destroyer. The four men had suffered greatly from exposure. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 3.30 A.M.

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