Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.50 on the night of the 30th of August, 1956, a message was received that the local fishing boat Dorothy was calling for help on her wireless. At 10.15 the no. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Heptcorth was laun- ched in a slight sea. There was a gentle northerly breeze, and it was high water.

The life-boat found the Dorothy with her engine broken down some six to seven miles north of Whitby. She was taken in tow and brought to harbour, arriving there at 2.10.—Rewards to the crew, £9 16s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £l 165..