MAY 20TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At one in the afternoon the naval authorities enquired about a small boat which had left harbour the previous evening but had not returned. An hour later the life-boat coxswain saw a small sailing boat off the north end of Lady Isle. A fresh south-easterly breeze was blowing, with squalls of rain and a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow was launched at 2.25 and found the sailing boat Maretta Belle, of Troon, with two men on board. She had been at anchor since the previous night.

Head winds had prevented her from getting home. The life-boat rescued the men, took the boat in tow, and arrived at her station at 3.55. - Rewards, £4 7s. 6d..