Blyth, and Amble, Northumberland.

At 2.50 on the morning of the 26th of June, 1958, the coastguard informed the Blyth honorary secretary that a fisher- man had reported that his two sons, who were out in the coble Theodoron of Blyth, were overdue from a fishing trip in the area of Newbiggin Nook. The weather was bad, and some anxiety was felt for their safety. At 3.8 the Blyth life-boat Winston Churchill, (Civil Ser- vice No. 8) was launched in a very rough sea. There was a moderate easterly gale and an ebb tide. A request was also made for the Newbiggin life-boat to launch, but conditions of sea and tide prevented this, and the Amble life- boat Millie Walton put out instead at four o'clock. At 3.53 a message was received from the Blyth life-boat that she had found the coble Ina, which was also overdue, and had escorted her to harbour. The two life-boats searched for the Theodoron with the help of a helicopter. They could not find her, but at 8.2 the coastguard reported that the Theodoron had entered harbour.

The life-boats were recalled, the Amble boat reaching her station at 8.30 and the Blyth boat at 8.45. The Newbiggin life-boat crew assembled. Blyth : re- wards to the crew, £12. 12s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2. 9s. Amble : rewards to the crew, £12. 16s..