Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 12.45 A.M.

on the 18th December, 1938, the coastguard reported that a trawler was ashore in a bad position near North Gare Breakwater, and was making distress signals. She was the steam trawler Matabele, of Hull, and had a crew of eighteen on board. A moderate to strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. It could be seen that two tugs and a pilot cutter were standing by near the Matabele, but in the heavy seas they were not able to send boats away to her, and the motor lifeboat J. W. Archer was launched at 2 A.M. She rescued the eighteen men, took them to Middlesbrough, and returned to her station at 5 A.M.— Rewards, £23 Is..