Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 11.28 on the night of the 30th of April, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a local resident had reported a wireless message from the motor fishing vessel Maid of Honour, of Lerwick. She had broken down off Brethren and needed help.

At 11.52 the life-boat John Rttssell, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings in a fresh east-north-east breeze with a rough sea. She found the ship with a crew of four, north-east of Brethren; her engine water circulat- ing pump had broken down. The life- boat towed her to Lerwick and reached her station again at 1.30 the next morning.—Property Salvage Case..