On the 31st of January, 1953, two members of the crew of the Islay. Inner Hebrides, life-boat collapsed in the engine-room and died while the life- boat was searching for the trawler Michael Griffiths. This was the day on which the Princess Victoria sank in the Irish Sea. In addition to the Islay boat the life-boats from Barra Island, Outer Hebrides; Barrow. Lan- cashire; Berwick-on-Tweed, Northum- berland; Cromarty; Holy Island, Northumberland; and Humber, York- shire, were all launched on that day, but for various reasons were unable to render services. A full account of the events of that day will be published in a future number of The Life-boat.