Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—About 4.0 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1951, the skipper of the steam trawler St. Philip, of Fleetwood, asked for help to refloat his ship, which had run on the rocks west of Castlebay pier. At 4.15 the life-boat Lloyd''s left her moor- ings and, in a choppy sea with a strong north-easterly breeze blowing, ran out a kedge anchor and put a rope on board.

But she could not refloat the trawler, so at 9.0 that night she landed her crew of fifteen. Then at 6.0 next morning she took out some men, refloated the trawler and towed her to the pier, arriving back at her station at 9.0— Property Salvage Case..