APRIL 22ND. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 2.10 P.M. a message was received from the naval base that a vessel was sinking south of Gull Buoy. A gentle E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. At 2.20 P.M. the motor life-boat Prudential was launched and found that the Norwegian steamer Bravore, of Farsund, coal laden, had been mined. Only a little of her stern was now above water.

No one was on board. Of the crew of twentyfive of the Bravore, two had been picked up badly injured by the Dutch S.S. Budga. Two others were picked up by another vessel and landed at Deal. The remaining twenty-one were lost. The two men on the Budga were brought ashore by the life-boat, which r e t u r n e d t o h e r s t a t i o n a t 3 . 5 0 P .M. - Rewards, £5 3s..