Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of 16th May, 1939, a strong N.E.

wind was blowing with a very rough sea.

About 10.15 it was learnt that two small fishing boats were returning. Thenjust as the motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was about to put out, at 10.40 came a message from Staithes that the fishing vessel Gallilee had broken down off Skinningrove and that another fishing vessel was attempting to tow her. The life-boat first escorted in the fishing cobles Royal Empire and Silver Line. She then went in search of the Gallilee and found her four miles north of Whitby. The attempt of the other vessel to tow her had failed as all her ropes had parted.

The Gallilee had then managed to get her engine started again, but the fly-wheel was loose. The life-boat escorted her into Whitby and returned to her station at 12 noon.—Rewards, £5 9s..