Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 5.56 in the morning, on the 19th of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground at North Cheek, Robin Hoods Bay. At 6.10 the No. 1 life- boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched.

The sea was moderate with a moderate breeze blowing from the north. She found the S.S. Durhambrook, of London, with a crew of twenty, but as she could not give any help until the evening tide, she returned to her station. At three in the afternoon she put out again, stood by the steamer until she refloated at 6.25. Then, as the Durhambrook still needed no help, she returned to her station, arriving at 8.35 that evening.

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