Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 6.4 on the evening of the 23rd of November, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing boat near Proudfoot was flashing signals and had burnt red flares. At 6.30 the life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched. There was a slight sea, a strong north-westerly wind was blowing, and it was one hour after high water. The life-boat found the fishing boat Opportune, of Buckie, with a crew of six, ashore on the north side of Wick Bay. Several other fishing boats were near, but the skipper of the Opportune, using his radio tele- phone, asked for the life-boat. The life-boat closed her and took a line from her to a motor boat for the pur- pose of saving the Opportune's fishing gear. The life-boat then returned to the harbour, arriving' at eight o'clock, At two in the afternoon, on the rising tide, she put out again and took more lines from the Opportune to two other fishing boats. These refloated her with the help of a fishery cruiser and took her to Wick. The life-boat reached her station again at four o'clock.—Rewards to the crew, £8 5,?.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 8s..