Teesmouth, and Scarborough, Yorkshire.

—At 4.20 P.M. on the 12th February, 1938, a request was received from the coastguard at Whitby for the motor life-boa.t J. W. Archer, as the destroyer H.M.S. Walrus had broken from her tow with only a skeleton crew on board. A full N.E. gale was blowing and the sea was very rough. The lifeboat left at 5.10 P.M. and went south, but failed to find the Walrus, which had gone ashore near Scarborough.

On returning, the life-boat put into Hartlepool at 9 A.M., as her fuel wasgetting low and the breakers were too heavy at the river mouth for her to enter Teesmouth without great risk.

She was returned to her station on the 16th February, when the weather had moderated. Mr. W. M. Friskney, the honorary secretary, and Dr. G. Young of the Redcar Committee went out in the life-boat on this long and arduous service. The Scarborough motor lifeboat Herbert Joy II, which had been out on service to some fishing boats, as reported on page 488, was rehoused at about 2.15 P.M. Shortly afterwards the coastguard reported that the destroyer had broken adrift, and the crew and helpers were again assembled.

They stood by until about 10.15 P.M., when the Walrus was seen to drift ashore in the north bay. The life-boat was taken along the coast on her transporting carriage, but just before she was launched the four men on the Walrus launched a raft and came safely ashore on it. The life-boat was then hauled back to her station and rehoused at about 1.30 A.M. on the 13th. Letters of appreciation were sent to the Teesmouth branch and to Mr. Friskney and Dr. Young, and an increase in the usual money award on the standard scale was granted to each member of the Teesmouth crew.—Rewards : Teesmouth, Standard rewards to crew, £14 2.9. ; additional rewards to crew, £7 ; total, £30 10s. fid. : Scarborough, £62 2s. 6d..