Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At eight o'clock on the morning of the 12th of July, 1953, the harbour office rang up to say that a boat needed help off Skip- sea, and at 9.20 the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched.

The sea was calm, with a moderate southerly breeze blowing. The life- boat found the local motor cruiser Firefly, with four people on board, two hundred yards off Skipsea. The owner had put off in her that morning and had been fishing from her, buthe had later been unable to start her engine. Three people had swum out to help him and remained aboard.

As the Firefly was now making water, the life-boat towed her to Bridlington and reached her station again at 12.15.

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