Barrow, Lancashire.—-At half past six on the morning of the 4th of October, 1950, the Walney Island coastguard reported a ship aground in Hilpsford Point, Walney. No distress signals had been made, but it was thought advisable to launch the life-boat. At 7.15, there- fore, the N.T. put out in a slight sea with a moderate southerly breeze. Two miles west-south-west of the Walney lighthouse she found the 10,000-ton turbo-electric tanker Ampac-California, of Los Angeles, with a crew of fifty.

She was hard aground amidships and in danger of breaking her back if the wea- ther got worse. The life-boat therefore stood by. Fortunately the weather held fair and at half past three in the afternoon the tanker refloated with the help of tugs from Heysham and went to a safe anchorage. The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 4.40.

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