FEBRUARY 2ND. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

At 9.37 A.M. the Cromer coastguard telephoned that a vessel, about one and a half miles north of Cromer, had reported that she had a man on board dangerously ill. The coastguard also telephoned a doctor, and he went with the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F.Bailey which was launched at 9.55 A.M. A moderate S.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate ground swell. The life-boat found the m.v. Sedulity, of London. She had been attacked by a German Heinkel aeroplane, which had attacked her with machine-guns, cannon and bombs, and her anti-aircraft gunner had been wounded. The life-boat brought him ashore, and returned to her station at 11.20 A.M. - Rewards, £12 7s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 5TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO.

WATERFORD. At 11.20 on the night of the 4th February, the coast watcher at Brownstown Head reported that a steam trawler was aground on a sandbank on the east side of Tramore Bay, and was showing flares. The weather had been foggy but was then clear, and it was very cold, with a strong N.E. breeze and a slight ground sea. The motor life-boat Annie Blanche Smith was launched at 12.30 in the morning, and found the steam trawler Gozo, of Milford, with a crew of eight. She was returning to Milford from fishing. It was nearly low water, and the life-boat was unable to get alongside the Gozo, but with the help of the trawler’s boat she ran out a kedge, and then anchored to wait for high water, which would be at nine in the morning. As the trawler did not come off at high water the life-boat took her captain on board, and returned to her station for more help. She arrived there at 11.15. The services of a herring drifter were obtained and at five in the afternoon the life-boat went out again with her. They put men aboard the Gozo to help her crew in lightening her stern, which was on the sandbank, by moving coal forward, and in the end they refloated her. It was then found that she had a rope round her propeller, and the drifter had to tow her to Dunmore. The life-boat reached her station again at 12.40 in the morning of the 6th February, just twenty-four hours since she had first gone out. - Property salvage case.

FEBRUARY 5 T H . - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. The life-boat took a doctor to Aberdour. This service was the last of several unusual services carried out by the life-boat over a period of several days.

For details, see January 26th.

FEBRUARY 9TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 8.45 A.M. the naval base reported a vessel in difficulties off the harbour entrance.

The weather was foggy, with a light northerly wind, and the sea was calm. At 9 A.M.

the motor life-boat Michael Stephens was launched. The coxswain was ill with gastric influenza, but he took command. The lifeboat found H.M. Drifter Golden News, with a crew of fifteen, stranded on the edge of the Newcome Sands, and rolling heavily in a ground swell. At the request of her master, the life-boat stood by until a tug refloated the drifter. With the life-boat in attendance she reached port at 10.30 A.M. - Rewards, £7.

FEBRUARY 10TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. At 3.30 P.M. a fisherman returned to port and reported to the harbour master thatthe motor fishing boat Peveril, of Douglas, with a crew of three, was still at sea. As half a gale of wind was blowing from the N.E., with a rough sea, he was very doubtful if she could make harbour without help. As the fishing boat had not returned by 6 P.M. the motor life-boat Manchester and Salford was launched, and found the Peveril about four miles S.E. by S. of Douglas Head. She was able to make progress and, escorted by the life-boat, she reached harbour at 6.30 P.M.- Rewards, £11 13s. 3d.

FEBRUARY 10TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.

Four Staithes fishing boats were caught by a northerly gale, with a very rough sea, while out fishing, and the motor life-boat Robert Patton - The Always Ready was launched at 1.10 P.M. She escorted the four boats into Staithes and returned to her station at 3 P.M. - Rewards, £9 11s.

FEBRUARY 10TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.

DOWN. At about 11.20 A.M. information came from the look-out that a motor fishing boat had broken down at The Rig, off the Copeland Islands, four miles from Donaghadee.

A westerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat C i v i l Service No. 5 was launched at 11.40 A.M.

and found the motor fishing boat Laura, of Donaghadee, with a crew of three. The Laura succeeded in restarting her engine and the life-boat escorted her into harbour, arriving at 12.35 P.M. - Rewards, £4 19s.

FEBRUARY 13TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. At 2.50 A.M. the Wick coastguard reported by telephone that signals of distress had been seen in Scrabster Bay, and at 3.30 A.M. the motor life-boat H.C.J. was launched. A strong N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and snow. The lifeboat found the steam trawler Sanserit, of Aberdeen, with a crew of eleven, half-way between Scrabster and Thurso. She had dragged her anchor and driven ashore in shallow water. The sea was so heavy that the life-boat could not get alongside, and the snow so thick that her crew could not see, so she stood by until daylight. By that time the trawler was much closer inshore, and with great difficulty eight of the crew were rescued from the shore by the Scrabster coastguard  life-saving apparatus. The other three members of the crew had been washed overboard and drowned. The life-boat returned to her station at 12.30 P.M. - Rewards, £23 4s.

FEBRUARY 17TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. On the 16th February a request was received by telephone from a doctor and the minister on the Island of Colonsay for the help of the life-boat to bring a sick woman to Islay, whence she could be taken by air ambulance to the mainland.

A strong easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and no other boat could make the passage. The motor life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth was launched at 5.35 A.M., brought the woman from Colonsay, and returned to her station at 10 A.M. - Rewards, £9 3s.

FEBRUARY 2 0TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.

DOWN. At 4.55 A.M. the Tara coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore in Knockinelder Bay, and the motor life-boat Herbert John was launched at 6 A.M. A light south-easterly wind was blowing, with a smooth sea. The life-boat found the S.S. Sard, of Glasgow, with a crew of thirteen.

They were in no immediate danger, and the life-boat brought the captain ashore to telephone to his owners about a tug. This done, the life-boat put him on board the steamer again, and returned to her station at 12.25 P.M. The steamer was towed off by a tug at high tide. - Rewards, £16 3s. 3d.

FEBRUARY 22ND. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.

At 11.20 A.M. the coastguard asked for the life-boat’s services for a vessel off the East Cross Sand Buoy, six miles east of Caister, and the motor life-boat Michael Stephens was launched at 11.35 A.M. A light northerly wind was blowing, with a ground swell. The life-boat found two ship’s boats five miles N.E. of Caister. They contained twenty-five survivors from the S.S. Enseign Marie Saint-Germain, of Newport, Monmouthshire, which had been mined while bound in convoy for the Tyne. The life-boat took them on board and landed them at Yarmouth at 3 P.M. Here she learned, at 4.30 P.M., that another boat, with more survivors, had gone back to their ship, and that she was in tow. The life-boat put out, spoke the ship, and finding that the remainder of her crew were safe aboard her, returned to her station at 6.45 P.M. - Rewards, £9 0s. 3d.

FEBRUARY 22ND. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4 A.M. Great Yarmouth coastguard reported that the Caister life-boat had been called out by rockets north of Winterton, but that the Caister life-boat could not get away owing to a defective carriage track, and at 4.50 A.M.

the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat Louise Stephens was launched. A light N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderate swell and snow. Off Caister the life-boat ran into a heavy snowstorm and had to stop until it had passed. Going north she found a ship on Winterton Beach, but the water was too shallow for the life-boat to get alongside her. Her captain said that she was the S.S. Yewkyle, of Glasgow, and that he needed a tug. The life-boat sent a wireless message ashore for a tug and stood by. At 10.30 A.M.

the tug Diversion arrived, but her ropes were too short. Another wireless call was sent, asking for longer ropes, and at 2 P.M. a trawler arrived, but the tide was now falling, it was impossible to get ropes to the steamer and the tug had to move off into deeper water.

The life-boat then asked the steamer’s captain if he intended to stay aboard her, and as he did the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 4 P.M. - Rewards, £17 1s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 27TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

At 3.40 P.M. an aeroplane crashed in the sea about two miles N.E. of the life-boat station, and life-boatmen standing by at the boathouse saw part of it above water. Sevenminutes later the motor life-boat The Lord Southborough (Civil Service No. 1) was launched. A light E. wind was blowing and the sea was smooth. The life-boat found three airmen clinging to two rubber dinghies, rescued them and gave them brandy. She then searched for a missing sergeant gunner, but could not find him, and returned to her station at 4.35 P.M. Two air-sea rescue boats also searched, but the missing man was not found. - Rewards, £7 12s.

The following life-boats were launched, but no services were rendered for the reasons given : FEBRUARY 2ND. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.

An aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing was found.

- Rewards, £12.

FEBRUARY 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A barge was reported to have sunk in the Mersey, and her crew of two were reported adrift on a raft, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 3s.

FEBRUARY 4TH. - ABERDEEN. A vessel had been heard sounding her siren continuously, but she could not be found in the darkness, and at daylight she got into port unaided. - Rewards, £13 11s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 5TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.

A trawler had been attacked by German aeroplanes, with bombs and machineguns, but the life-boat found nothing, and the Coningbeg Lightship reported that the trawler had gone on her way. - Rewards, £34 5s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 6TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.

DONEGAL. Coastwatchers had reported an explosion and a ship on fire, but nothing was found, and later it was learned that an aeroplane had crashed and caught fire.- Rewards, £23 4s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 8TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

A red light had been reported and the life-boat was launched and stood by in readiness, but she was not required to go out as a convoy was passing and its escort vessels were asked to investigate the red light.

- Rewards £4 10s.

FEBRUARY 1 0TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.

DOWN. A Spitfire aeroplane had come down in the sea, but the life-boat could find nothing. - Rewards, £10 9s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 10TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

A steamer had been damaged in an air raid, but all the injured were taken ashore by a speed boat and the steamer herself was taken in tow by a tug. - Rewards, £21 18s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.

A Wellington bomber aeroplane had been reported in the sea some miles east of Southwold, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £45 14s.

FEBRUARY 15TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK.

An aeroplane had been reported in the sea off Brancaster, but nothing was found.- Rewards, £25 10s.

FEBRUARY 15TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £28 16s.

FEBRUARY 13TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.

A British Anson aeroplane had been reported overdue, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £16 16s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 14TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. A naval pinnace was adrift and on fire at night with no one on board, but nothing was found. - Expenses paid by the Admiralty.

FEBRUARY 14TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE, AND CROMARTY. A British aeroplane had got into difficulties and her crew had baled out, but nothing was seen.- Rewards : Buckie, £11 8s. ; Cromarty, £4 15s.

FEBRUARY 18TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.

A British Hudson bomber aeroplane had crashed, but nothing except a large patch of oil was found. - Rewards, £7 19s.

FEBRUARY 1 8TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.

DOWN. A British aeroplane had come down in the sea, but it was found by an R.A.F.

rescue launch. - Rewards, £21 13s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 2 2ND. - GIRVAN AYRSHIRE.

A keeper at Turnberry Lighthouse had reported a small object on fire, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 11s. 6d.

FEBRUARY 24TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.

An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but no trace of it was found.

The life-boat saw a paravane and reported it to the coastguard. - Rewards, £19 12s.

FEBRUARY 2 7TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.

An R.A.F. aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £23 2s. 9d.

FEBRUARY 27TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.

White Very lights had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £15.

FEBRUARY 2 8 T H . - CROMER, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. A British aeroplane coming towards land was heard to strike the water. Aeroplanes and launches, as well as the life-boats, made a long search but all that was found was one body, by a launch, and a parachute, by the Sheringham life-boat. - Rewards : Cromer, £39 8s. 6d. ; Sheringham, £39 16s.