DUTCH SHIP TOWED IN Amble, Northumberland.—At noon on February 24th, 1947, the coastguard reported that a vessel was flying dis- tress signals eight miles south-east of Coquet Island. A fresh north-westerly breeze was blowing with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at 12.35 and found the motor vessel Van Gelder, of Rotterdam, with her engine broken down. She was a ship of 420 tons with a crew of seven, and was bound for Aberdeen laden with bricks. The life- boat towed her to Blyth, and arrived back at her station at 9.30 that night.

—Property Salvage Case..