Teesmouth, Yorkshire—At 11.15 on the night of the 20th of July, 1957, the South Gare coastguard telephoned that a small coaster was ashore in the river near Redcar wharf. It was learnt later that the coaster was aground by her stern and that her master had declined the help of a tug.

As the tide was ebbing, the life-boat John and Lucy Cordingley was launched at 12.48 in calm weather. She came up with the motor vessel Noordkaap, of Delfzijl, which had a crew of eleven.

The Noordkaap was loaded with coke in her holds and on her deck, and the coxswain decided that the life-boat should stand by her. The Noordkaap failed to refloat on the following high tide, but with the help of tugs she was towed clear on the next flood water.

The life-boat reached her station at 11.45 on the morning of the 21st of July.—Rewards to the crew, £20 13,?.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £6 13s.