Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 1.20 early on the morning of the 1st of May, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had gone ashore at North Head.

At 1.45 the life-boat Julia Park Barry, of Glasgow was launched. There was a heavy ground swell, with a moderate north-easterly breeze. The life-boat found the local motor fishing boat Spes Melior II, with a crew of nine. She had been bound for the harbour from the west coast fishing grounds, but had gone on the rocks near the north entrance to the harbour. The life- boat first rescued three men from her, then approached her again and rescued the other six. She took them all to Peterhead, arriving at 2.50.—Rewards, £14 14s. 6d..