Cromer, Norfolk.—At 4.20 on the afternoon of the 26th of October, 1957, the coastguard reported that the skipper of the trawler John Willment had found one of his crew in a state of collapse with no apparent heart-beat or pulse.

The trawler was then 25 miles north- east-by-north of Cromer. The no. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg was launched at 6.45, by which time the trawler was five miles north-east-by-north of Cromer. She took with her a doctor.

There was a slight swell, a light west- south-westerly breeze was blowing, and the tide was flooding. At 5.25 the life-boat reached the John Willment.

The doctor examined the man, who was 70 years old, but found he was dead.

The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 8.10. Rewards to the crew, £12 10s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 8s..