FISHERMEN IN WAR TIME 



pal, who went alongside the trawler Garmo in a 

 dinghy to rescue a man. This he did at consider- 

 able risk to himself and his boat, as the trawler was 

 floating nearly vertical at the time, with only the 

 forecastle above water. A few minutes after Scott 

 had left her she turned completely over and sank. 



In addition to the officers named, the following 

 were commended for good service done under dan- 

 gerous conditions : — William A. Lewis, petty offi- 

 cer ; Robert Frost, second hand ; Edwin F. Frank- 

 land, deck hand ; Robert A. Gray, Christopher 

 Briggs, George Newman and William R. Kemp, 

 enginemen ; and William * Gladding, cook. These 

 eight men belonged to mine-sweeping trawlers. 



That Memorandum was of singular interest and 

 value, because it showed the earlier methods of deal- 

 ing with the menace of the mine, and the co-opera- 

 tion between ships of the Navy and the trawlers 

 and drifters. The efficiency of some of the original 

 organisation was proved by the fact that at the be- 

 ginning of the fourth year of war there were still 

 flotillas of trawlers and drifters with skippers as 

 commodores. In some cases these skippers were 

 offered, and accepted, commissions ; but others de- 

 clined the honour, preferring, for various reasons, 

 to retain the title of " skipper," which had become 

 so well known and valued. 



The perils of those early operations amongst the 

 mines was well shown by the cases of H.M.S. 

 Speedy and the steam drifter Linsdell and H.M.S. 

 Pathfinder. On September 3, 19 14, the command- 



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