Hartlepool, Durham.—At 1.20 early on the morning of the 16th of May, 1953, the Teesmouth life-boat station telephoned to say that the S.S. Indian Exporter, of Calcutta, had asked for a boat to land a sick seaman. The Teesmouth life-boat was off service for machinery overhaul, and at 1.50 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7 was launched, with the second coxswain in charge, in a slight sea with a light southerly breeze blow- ing. She came up with the steamer in Tees Bay, took on board the sick man, wirelessed for an ambulance to meet her at Hartlepool, and landed the man there at 2.55.—Rewards, £6 9s..