MARCH 1ST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

At 3.15 P.M. a ship’s boat was reported by the life-boat motor-mechanic to be adrift a mile from the shore, to the west of Sheringham. The coastguard at Skeldon Hill had also seen the boat, and reported that it was water-logged and that no one alive was on board. It was decided not to launch the life-boat. About half an hour later a second ship’s boat was seen two to three miles out at sea. A fresh easterly wind was blowing, with a heavy swell on shore. At, 4.10 P.M. the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched and found that this boat belonged to the steamer Jevington Court, which had been previously sunk by enemy action. No one was on board, and the life-boat then went to the first boat, which was drifting to the westward, but it had gone ashore at Spallow Gap before itcould be secured. It was later found that this boat belonged to the steamer Clan Morrison, also sunk by enemy action.- Rewards, £22 13s. 3d.