Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 8.3 on the evening of the 27th of March, 1953, I the coastguard rang up to say that the | steam trawler River Lossie, of Aber- deen, with a crew of nine, had run on a submerged rock on Robbie Ramsay's Baa outside the northern entrance to Lerwick harbour. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Kyland left her moorings at 8.17 in a rough sea and rising tide, with a strong south- westerly wind blowing. She tried to tow the trawler clear, without success.

The skipper asked the life-boat to stand by his ship when the tide ebbed, and the life-boat returned to her station at 11.26. At 12.30 on the 28th she put out again and stood by the trawler all night. At 8.50 a salvage vessel arrived, and the life-boat helped her in another attempt to pull the trawler clear, but the River Lassie was making water quickly and remained fast. The life-boat then took on board seven of her crew, brought them ashore, and returned to the trawler. Later the two remaining men abandoned the trawler and were also taken ashore by the life-boat, which reached her station again at 12.48 that afternoon.— Rewards, £36 10s..