Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land. At 8.28 on the morning of the 9th of October, 1957, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing vessel Orient, of Burnmouth, was aground close to the shore three miles north of.

Berwick and was leaking. The life- boat William and Mary Durham was launched at 8.45 in calm weather. It was low water. The life-boat reached the Orient three-quarters of an hour later and found that she was ashore astern and almost on her beam ends.

Her crew of four were baling with buckets, and the coxswain decided to put a tow rope aboard. At 10.30 the fishing vessel was refloated, and after her master had satisfied himself that she was seaworthy, he set course for Burnmouth. The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 11.55. Rewards to the crew, £14 ; rewards to the help- ers on shore, £1 16s..