Launches 4 Lives rescued 7 ISLE OF WHITHORN, WIGTOWNSHIRE. At 1.3 in the afternoon of the 2nd of February, 1945, the naval officer in charge at Stranraer reported that an Anson aeroplane was in the sea in Luce Bay, five miles from the Mull of Galloway, in a north-easterly direction. The Whithorn auxiliary rescue-boat was called out. There was a lorry at Isle of Whithorn with a working party of Italian prisoners of war, and the skipper enlisted the services of the lorry and driver to take the boat overland to Port William to save time. On arrival at Port William it was learned that the aeroplane had crashed during the night. As there were no survivors the boat was not launched. - Rewards, £4 5s., of which 10s.

allowed to the lorry driver was returned by him as a donation.

TEELIN, Co. DONEGAL. While the Teelin auxiliary rescue-boat Star of Teelin was out fishing on the 10th of April, 1945, the wind came on to blow strongly from the south-east.

At three in the afternoon she began to haul in her lines, but she had to leave them and make for port. When she was three miles north-west of Carrigean Head and five miles from home she saw distress signals from the rowing boat Morning Star, which was loaded with fish and had a crew of six. Although rowing hard her crew were unable to make may against the strong headwind and were in danger of being driven on to the rocky coast.

The Star of Teelin took her in tow and brought her into Teelin, which was reached about seven o’clock. - Rewards, £2 10s., with 17s.

6d. for fuel used.

HELMSDALE, SUTHERLAND. On the evening of the 16th of April, 1945, the auxiliary rescue-boat put out to the help of a Liberator aeroplane which had crashed in the sea at 6.30. Three other boats also put out.

All four were manned by fishermen who had just unloaded their day’s catch. The aeroplane was found broken in two and each part burning furiously. The auxiliary rescueboat and one of the other boats each picked up an injured woman belonging to the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, but the one on board the rescue-boat died. - Rewards, £4 15s. and 5s.

for fuel consumed. (See Helmsdale, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 57.) TORY ISLAND, Co. DONEGAL. On the afternoon of the 24th of April, 1945, the S.S.

Monmouth Coast was wrecked by an explosion when eight miles east, of Tory Island. The sea was calm, with an east-by-north wind blowing. The auxiliary rescue-boat went out at 4.30 and searched for several hours, but found only pieces of wreckage. She returned at 1.30 next morning. Two days later a survivor was rescued from a raft by two men from Arranmore. - Rewards, £7 10s., with £2 2s. for fuel used. (See Arranmore, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 57.).