Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 7.30 A.M. on the 22nd April, 1939, anxiety was being felt for the safety of some of the fishing cobles, as a very strong N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. As both life-boat coxswains, and a number of the life-boat crews, were at sea fishing, an ex-coxswain volunteered to take out the life-boat manned by some of the elder fishermen. The motor life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 8 A.M. and escorted into the harbour in turn the cobles Ramlah, Royal Empire, Sarah, Guide Me and Margaret. She returned to her station at 10 A.M.—Rewards, £4 16s. 6d..