Aberdeen.—At 2.29 on the afternoon of the 26th of November, 1956, the coastguard reported that the Norweg- ian steamer Strindheim, laden with timber, was due to arrive off Aberdeen about eight o'clock in the evening and would want help either to dock or to beach the ship, as she had six feet of water in her main hold and was listing ten degrees to port. Her position was then forty miles cast of Aberdeen. At 4.54 a further message was received from the Strindheim that she was making very little headway in a gale.

She asked for a tug or some other craft to meet her as soon as possible as her situation was becoming serious.

Because of the very heavy and con- fused seas it was decided to send the life-boat, and at 5.45 the no. 1 life-boat Hilton Briggs put out in a strong north-westerly gale and a flooding tide.

She came up with the steamer and escorted her to Aberdeen, arriving at 6.45 the next morning.—Rewards to the crew, £34 5s.; reward to the helper on shore, 16s..