Stromness, Orkneys.—At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 28th of October, 1952, the motor mechanic reported that conditions between Bow Rock and Taing of Selwick were deteriorat- ing. The steam trawler Strathelliot had stranded there on the 23rd, and her crew had been rescued by the coastguard using their shore life-saving apparatus. The skipper and two fishermen were aboard her now, and the honorary secretary asked the coastguard at Kirkwall for further news. At 7.19 the Kirkwall coast- guard reported that the three men would have to be taken ashore, and at 7.53 the life-boat J.J.K.S.W. was launched in a heavy swell with a moderate south-westerly breeze blow- ing. Nineteen members of the Strom- ness coastguard life-saving apparatusteam and their gear were embarked, and the life-boat landed them at Hoy. The coast-guardsmen took off the skipper and two fishermen by breeches buoy, and the life-boat then re-embarked the team and gear, reaching Stromness again at 3.25 on the morning of the 29th.—Rewards, £16 Is. 6d..