Humber, Yorkshire. At 4.45 on the morning of the 24th of June, 1958, the Spurn Point coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that the S.S.

Rota had signalled by morse lamp that a small yacht off Bull Sands needed help. At 5.5 the life-boat City of Bradford III was launched in calm weather. It was low water. The life- boat found the motor yacht Swordfish lying at anchor, and her crew of two told the coxswain that they had run out of petrol. The life-boat took the yacht in tow to Grimsby and arrived back at her station at 7.35. Paid permanent crew..