Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At 2.55 on the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a vessel had stranded about two hundred vards north of Church Point.

At 3.9 the life-boat Richard Ashley was launched in a smooth sea, with a light north-easterly breeze and fog.

She found the S.S. Nedjan. of Simris- hamn, Sweden, with fifteen persons on board. The life-boat took off an injured seaman and the wives of the master and chief officer, and brought them near the shore. A small boat then landed them. The life-boat re- turned to the steamer and stood by her until the next morning, when an attempt by tugs to tow her clear was unsuccessful. The tugs remained with the steamer and the life-boat was no longer needed. She returned to the station, arriving at eight o'clock on the morning of the 27th. The Nedjan was later refloated and towed to Blyth.

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