Humber, Yorkshire. At 8.40 on the evening of the 19th of November, 1957, the life-boat night watchman reported seeing a red flare on the Binks. Two minutes later the Spurn Point coast- guard reported that the steam trawler Remexo, of Grimsby, was aground half a mile north-east-by-east of Spurn lighthouse and needed help. At nine o'clock the life-boat City of Bradford HI was launched. There was a moder- ate sea, a gentle southerly breeze was blowing, and it was almost low water.

A message was received that the steam trawler Loch Park, of Grimsby, was also aground. The two trawlers were about a mile and a half east-south-east of Spurn lighthouse. The life-boat went alongside the Remexo and took off eight of her crew, two of whom needed medical attention. The skipper and mate remained on board, and the eight men were transferred to H.M.S.

Wave, a fishery protection cruiser, which had a doctor on board and was lying about a mile south of the point where the trawlers had gone aground.

The life-boat stood by both trawlersuntil they refloated and then escorted them to Grimsby roads. She reached her station again at three o'clock in the morning. Paid Permanent Crew.

Additional rewards to the crew, £4..