Longhope, Orkneys.—At 10.30 on the night of the llth of April, 1955, the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Gava, of Aber- deen, wrhich had a crew of thirteen, had reported that she had gone ashore at Duncansby Head. He later gave the position as the south-eastern side of Pentlancl Skerries. At 10.50 the life-boat Thomas McCunn was launch- ed and made for the position in a moderate sea, with a moderate south- westerly breeze blowing and a flooding tide. She found the Gava at Clettack Skerry. Nine of her crew had aban- doned her in a small boat, which had subsequently capsized, and the men had been rescued by the fishing vessel Enterprise, which was still standing by the Gava. The life-boat went along- side the Gava, rescued the four other men, and then towed her to Longhope, arriving at 5.10 on the 12th.—Property Salvage Case..