DECEMBER 8TH. - MONTROSE, ANGUS.

At 5.15 in the evening the coastguard at Usan reported that four Admiralty trawlers were being bombed by enemy aeroplanes two miles to the S.E., and the motor life-boat The Good Hope put out at 5.35. She reached the position given by the coastguard 25 minutes later. Two of the trawlers had been sunk, but they must have gone down very quickly for there was no trace of them.

Aeroplanes dropped flares, and by their light the life-boat continued her search for over five hours, but she found nothing. If there were any survivors from the two trawlers, they must have been picked up by the other two, which had gone on their way to their base before the life-boat arrived. - Rewards, £14 8s..