Scarborough, Yorkshire. •—• On the morning of the 16th December, 1938, watch was kept by the life-boat coxswain and the coastguard from 8.30 A.M. onwards as the motor fishing boat Courage with a crew of five, which had gone out fishing the night before had not returned. The weather was stormy with a very rough sea and a strong S.E.

wind. Shortly after 1 P.M. the boat was seen making for harbour in a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 1.30 P.M., found the Courage a mile to the northwards, and escorted her home, arriving at 2.10 P.M.—Rewards, £20..