Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 11.10 in the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, the coastguard reported that three local fishing boats were having difficulty entering harbour be- cause of the heavy swell on the bar.

Fifteen minutes later the life-boat Gertrude was launched in a moderate north-easterly breeze and escorted the three boats into harbour. She returned to her station at 11.50.—Rewards, £10 10*..