Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the morning of the 24th of September, 1956, South Gare coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was aground near the look-out. She was not in any immediate danger. At 10.30 the life- boat John and Lucy Cordingley was launched. There was a slight swell, with a light easterly breeze and fog.

The tide was ebbing. The life-boat found the motor vessel Lecko, of Sweden, with a crew of nine, aground on a reef near the end of the South Gare breakwater. The life-boat helped to refloat the Lecko and returned to her station, arriving at 6.15.—Pro- perty Salvage Case..