Skegness, Lincolnshire.—21st Octo- ber, 1939. A message had been received that twenty-six seamen from a French ship which had been sunk by enemy action were on board the Inner Dowsing Lightship. The life-boat was.

launched to bring them ashore but on reaching the lightship she found that they had been taken on board a mine- sweeper and landed at Grimsby.— Rewards, £17 14s. 6d..