JULY 21ST. - SWANAGE, DORSET. At 6.14 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel on fire some ten miles or more to the S.E. A westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 6.27 P.M., and found the S.S. Kollskegg, of Oslo, an oil tanker of about 5,000 tons. She was ablaze in the fore part, and that part of the hull was red hot. Her bridge and superstructure had been smashed to pieces. There was no one on board. All her crew had been taken off by a destroyer.

The steamer appeared to have been attacked by aeroplanes. The life-boat stood by until a tug arrived. Then she put four men aboard the Kollskegg to help in getting the hawser from the tug connected. The tug took the steamer in tow and the life-boat returned to her station at 12.15 A.M. - Rewards, £14 2s..