Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At half past eight in the evening, on the 19th of May, 1950, a telephone call from Port Skerra reported a fishing boat flying distress signals. At 8.45 the life-boat H.C.J. was launched in a rough sea with a strong north-easterly breeze blowing.

She found the fishing boat Crest, of Thurso, with a crew of four aboard, disabled by an engine breakdown, and took her in tow to Scrabster Harbour.

They arrived at 1.45 next morning.—• Rewards, £16 18s. 6d..