Holy Island, Northumberland.—At 2.5 on the afternoon of the 27th of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the nine-ton auxiliary yacht Mermaid, of Poole, was drifting towards the Ridge, west of Holy Island Harbour, and at 2.16 the life-boat Gertrude was launched. There was a westerly gale blowing, with a moderate sea. The life-boat found the Mermaid, with a crew of three, aground on the west side of Ridge End. She took her in tow, pulled her into deeper water, and then helped her to an anchorage in the harbour, reaching her station again at six that evening. The owner thanked the life-boatmen and made a donation to the funds of the Institu- tion.—Property Salvage Case..