JULY 27TH. - DUNBAR EAST-LOTHIAN. At 8.40 A.M., information was received from the Royal Observer Corps, through the coastguard, that a vessel was ashore two and a half miles east of Dunbar, and the motor life-boat George and Sarah Strachan was launched at 9 A.M. The sea was smooth, but there was a dense fog. The life-boat found the S.S. Empire Ptarmigan, of London, with a crew of forty-seven on board, and stood by her until she refloated.

The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 6.45 P.M. - Rewards, £6 7s. 6d.