Islay, Hebrides.—At 6.50 on the evening of the 2nd of April, 1957, the Kilchoman coastguard passed on by telephone a message that the motor fishing vessel Pride of Erin, of Belfast, was ashore in West Loch Tarbert.

She was high and dry and appeared to be in no immediate danger. The honorary secretary asked to be kept informed of any change in the position.

At 8.55 the Southend coastguard re- ported that the fishing vessel had begun to list, and at 9.25 the life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth put out. There was a smooth sea, with a fresh south- easterly breeze blowing, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat made for the position, and with help from the General Post Office cable ship Iris, which gave the coxswain radar bear- ings, found the Pride of Erin stranded on a shoal some three cables north of Corran Point. At her master's re- quest the life-boat ran out an anchor, and as no further help was needed returned to her station, arriving at 5.25 the next morning.—Rewards to the crew, £12 7*.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £l 4s..