Arbroath, Angus.—On the 16th of December, 1955, the local pilot boat put off with a pilot to warn a vessel not to attempt to enter the harbour in the bad weather, but the pilot boat broke down and was towed in. At 2.30 in the afternoon the life-boat Howard D. embarked the pilot and was launched in a very rough sea. A south-easterly gale was blowing, and the tide was flooding. The pilot gave his warning to the vessel and returned to Arbroath in the life-boat. When the life-boat reached her station the coxswain was told that the local fishing boat Floreat II, with a crew of five, was making for the harbour.

The life-boat put to sea at once, remained by the harbour bar until the fishing boat arrived, and escorted her in at 4.30. The life-boat remained in the harbour and was rehoused two days later.—Rewards to the crew, £10 10,9.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 11 s..