Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 10.5 on the morning of the llth of October, 1952, the life-boat coxswain reported that the fishing coble Enterprize II was at sea in bad weather. Conditions at the outer harbour bar were dangerous, and the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hep- worth was launched at once in a heavy sea, with a strong northerly breeze blowing. She escorted in several fish- ing boats, one of which, the Prosperity, told her that the Enterprize II was one and a half miles from Whitby.

The life-boat asked the Prosperity to stand by the bar and then made for the coble, gave her crew life-belts, escorted her over the bar, and sprayed oil on the sea to calm it. She then escorted in the remainder of the fishing fleet and reached her station again at 12.25.—Rewards, £11 175. 6d..