Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.15 on the 31st of January, 1953, the coxswain of the No. 1 life-boat saw that bad weather was making the conditions at the harbour bar and harbour entrance dangerous, and at 11.25 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. There was a fresh north- north-west gale with a rough sea. The life-boat escorted in the local fishing boats Success II and Faith Star. The weather became worse, and at 1.15 the Pilot Me and Provider A arrived. The life-boat escorted them in too and reached her station again at 11.45.

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