Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 1.20 •early on the morning of the 17th of .September, 1958, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore below Tynemouth •Castle, fifty yards north of Tyne north pier. Visibility was reduced to half .a mile by fog, and the coastguard received no reply to repeated signals warning the master of the danger his vessel was in. No call had been made for help, but as conditions were be- •coming worse it was decided to launch the life-boat Tynesider at 2.15. It was still foggy with light north-westerly airs.

There was a slight swell and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the tanker Clyde Crusader of Glasgow, •with a tug named Tynesider standing by •with a line to the casualty's stern.The tanker eventually refloated, and the tug towed her stern first clear of the pier. The towing rope was cast off, and later under her own power and escorted by the life-boat the tanker entered the River Tyne. The life- boat reached her station at 5.25.

Rewards to the crew, £8 8s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 4s..