Stromness, Orkney.—At about 6.10 P.M. on the 16th July, 1939, a message was received from the Broughness coastguard that distress signals had been heard in the Pentland Firth. This was confirmed by a wireless message from a trawler saying that she wasashore in the firth. A light N.E. breeze •was blowing, with a moderate sea.

There was a dense fog. The motor life-boat J.J.K.S.W. was launched at 6.30 P.M. Owing to the fog she was guided by wireless. She found the steam trawler Lynx, of Grimsby, anchored near Swona. She had refloated after going ashore and had lost her propeller blades. The steam trawler Beaumaris Castle was standing by her.

The life-boat stood by until midnight when the Beaumaris Castle took the Lynx in tow. The life-boat escorted the two trawlers to safety and returned to her station at 3 A.M.—Rewards, £11 17*..