At about 10 P.M. on the 13th November the coxswain saw that the Middle Gas Float had broken from its mooring and was drifting out of the Humber, be- coming a danger to navigation. The sea was smooth, with a light southerly wind, and the tide was ebbing. A small boat was manned by life-boatmen, and the float was intercepted and moored near the Inner Bink Buoy.

When the matter was reported to the Humber Conservancy Board, the Board requested that the float should be brought in on the flood tide, and at 4.45 A.M. on the 14th the motor life- boat City of Bradford II was launched.

She went to the float, placed two men on board, and came in with it on the flood, eventually mooring it inside Spurn. Later the float was taken in tow by a tug. The life-boat returned to her station at 6.45 A.M.—The Conservancy made a gift to the life-boat crew in appreciation of their services.

—Permanent crew..