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The S.S. Longships

DEC. 22ND. - ST. MARY’S, SCILLY ISLES. At about 4 A.M. the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the Seven Stones and in need of immediate help. A moderate E.N.E breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Cunard was launched at 4.40 A.M. She found the S.S.

Longships, of Glasgow, on a voyage from Belfast to Plymouth with a general cargo.

She had a crew of twenty-seven. She had broken her back and was a total wreck. The life-boat rescued her crew and landed them at St. Mary’s at 9.20 A.M. The officers of the Longships made a donation. - Rewards, £25 19s. 6d.