North Sunderland, Northumberland.

At 12.25 on the afternoon of the 6th of January, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a local fish- ing boat was overdue. There was a rough sea and a strong southerly wind.

At 12.35 the life-boat Grace Darling was launched. The tide was flooding and snow was falling. The life-boat found the fishing boat Kindly Light, with a crew of three, two miles south- east of North Sunderland. She es- corted her safely to harbour, which was reached at 1.30. Rewards to the crew, £10 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 16s..