Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 1.40 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1957, the coastguard reported that the steam trawler Lord Essendon, of Hull, with a crew of twenty, was ashore at Ham Bressay. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was launched at 2.15 in a very rough sea. A westerly gale was blowing, and the tide was flooding.

The life-boat reached the trawler thirty-five minutes later and found her in no immediate danger. The pilot-cutter Budding Rose was along- side the Lord Essendon and was pre- paring an anchor and cable in an attempt to refloat her at high water.

The life-boat stood by the trawler until she refloated and escorted her to Lerwick, arriving at 4.35.—Rewards to the crew. £9..