Arklow, and Wicklow, Co. Wicklow.— At 6.15 on the morning of the 10th of October, 1953, the Valentia Radio Station told the Arklow life-boat station that the French trawlers Petite Micheline and Vers le Destin had wirelessed that they had gone aground between the South Arklow and Codling Bank lightvessels. At 6.45 the life- boat Inbhear Mor was launched. The sea was rough, with a fresh south- westerly breeze blowing. At 6.30 the radio station also informed the Wick- low life-boat station of the trawler's position, and at 6.55 the life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched. The Inbhear Mor found the trawlers nine miles east-south-east of Arklow and saw that they had refloated. The Vers le Destin was leaking, and the Petite Micheline took her in tow. At the request of the skipper two life- boatmen boarded the Petite Micheline to act as pilots, and the life-boat escorted the trawlers to Arklow, arriving at one o'clock in the after- noon. The Wicklow life-boat was not needed and returned to her station, arriving at 10.25.—Rewards, Arklow £19 8s. 6d.; Wicklow £12 Us..