MARCH 12TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO. CORK. At 8.45 A.M. a local man out in a small boat saw what he took to be another small boat drifting about a mile and a half N.E. of the Ballycotton light. He came ashore and reported it to the life-boat coxswain.

A moderate southerly wind was blowing and the sea was slight, but there was thick fog. The motor life-boat Mary Stanford was launched at 9.15 A.M. and found a ship’s raft, which appeared to have been damaged by shrapnel or bomb splinters.

She towed it in, returning to her station at 10 A.M. - Rewards, £7 4s. 6d..