FISHING BOAT AGROUND Whitehills, Banffshire.—At 12.30 in the afternoon of the 13th of May, 1947, a fisherman reported that a boat was aground on Salt Stones Reef about half a mile from the harbour entrance, and the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 4 was launched at 12.45 in a light southerly breeze. The sea was calm but there was fog. She found that the boat aground was the local motor fish- ing boat Comfort, with a crew of four.

The life-boat and a fishing boat passed ropes to her and with the help of another fishing boat towed her off.

She was damaged and making water.

The life-boat towed her into harbour, and returned to her station at 2.0 that afternoon.—Rewards, £7 5s..