Way, Inner Hebrides.—At 7.30 in the evening of the 25th of November, 1948, a trawler appeared to be ashore oft Bonahaven Distillery and was seen to be showing a light. The motor life- boat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched at 9.3 in a strong south-easterly breeze with a moderate sea. She found the Admiralty mooring vessel Moorcock, of Rosyth, bound for Greenock, aground on the Jura shore, three miles south-east of Rhu Vaal Lighthouse., She had a crew of sixteen, but they were in no immediate danger. The life-boat stood by, and later refloated the Moorcock and piloted her to a safe anchorage.She arrived back at her station at three next morning. About nine o'clock the Moorcock got under way but re- turned to Port Askaig Pier. At 2.30 in the afternoon she left the pier, to make room for other vessels, but ran ashore half a mile to the north, on the Islay shore. A moderate south-easterly gale was now blowing, with a rough sea. At three o'clock the life-boat again put out, went alongside the Moorcock and took oft nine of her crew.

She landed them and, as the vessel was in no great danger, returned to her station at six o'clock in the evening.

The Moorcock was later refloated and taken in tow by tugs.-—First Service: Property Salvage Case; Second Ser- vice: Rewards, £8 7*..