Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At11.10 in the early morning of the 16th of May, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that signal lights had been seen about seven miles north-west of Kinnaird Head, and the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy was launched at 1.30. The sea was calm with a light southerlv wind.

The life-boat found the S.S. Rota, of Dundee, with her engine broken down, and her crew trying to repair it. She took the steamer in tow, reaching har- bour at about 6.30 that evening.—• Property Salvage Case..