COLLISION IN A FOG Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 5.5 in the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1947, the coastguard received a mes- sage from a vessel five miles north-east of Rattray Head that she was sinking after collision with a trawler. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow was launched at 5.15 in a dense fog, with a light north-easterly breeze -blowing and a calm sea. She received a wireless message that the vessel was making for the beach and found her ashore three and a half miles south of Rattray. She was the S.S. Wilh. Colding, of Copenhagen, of 2,500 tons, bound for Greenland with a crew of 20. Her engine-room and boiler-room were flooded and she was lying bows on to the beach. The life- boat helped her to run out an anchor from her stern to prevent her swinging and stood by her for twelve.hours. She then returned to her station for food.

The following morning she put out again at 8.30 and stood by for another ten hours until a salvage vessel arrived.

As she was no longer needed she re- turned to her station, arriving at 7.10 in the evening of the 21st.—Property Salvage Case..