Stornoway, Hebrides. At 1.30 on the -afternoon of the 1st of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was stranded near the Shiant Isles. The life-boat James and Margaret Boyd put out at 1.50 in a calm sea, with a light southerly wind blowing, and an ebb tide. The life- boat made for the position in fog and found the motor vessel Dixy Porr of Hamburg, with a crew of thirteen, list- ing heavily to starboard. Her captain asked the coxswain to stand by in the hope that she would refloat on the next high tide. Some of her crew had already been transferred to the fishery cruiser Minna and were later taken on board the life-boat. Shortly after seven o'clock the motor vessel refloated, but she was well down by the head and still listing heavily to starboard. A member of the life-boat's crew went aboard her to act as pilot, and escorted by the life- boat she made for Stornoway, which she reached at 10.40. Rewards to the crew, £17 9s..