Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the night of the 13th of August, 1951, a barge was seen off Whitby Rock. The coastguard said she had made no dis- tress signals, but had shipped a large amount of water. At 9.28 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched in a heavy swell with a light west-north-westerly breeze blowing.

She found the barge Cornelia, of Hull, bound for Blyth. The skipper wanted to be piloted to port, so a life-boatman was put aboard and the life-boat escorted the barge into Whitby Har- bour. They got there at 10.30.— Rewards, £7 19s..