FEBRUARY 22ND. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 11.18 A.M. information was received from the coastguard that the minesweeper Erimo had struck a mine about one and a half miles off the Mumbles, and was flying distress signals. A fresh S.E. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth.

The motor life-boat Edward Prince of Wales was launched at 11.35 A.M. and found that the Erimo’s engine had been disabled by the explosion. At the master’s request the lifeboat stood by, and then escorted her when another vessel towed her to Swansea. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.30 P.M., and later made an unsuccessful search for a ship’s boat reported adrift. - Rewards, £8 10s.