On the evening of the 15th December the German consul reported that the skipper of the German trawler Brandenburg, of Weser- munde, which had just anchored in the harbour, was seriously ill. A whole S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, and heavy rain, and the only boat suitable for bringing the man ashore was the motor life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland. She put out at 7.25 P.M., after embarking a doctor who volunteered to go. The Brandenburg's skipper, who was suffering from erysipe- las, was taken ashore, and the life-boat returned to her station at 8 P.M.— Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..