Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 4.48 on the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Fulham VIII had reported that she had been in collision with the yacht Caribon and that the yacht's crew of three were in the water. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, which had just returned from a routine exercise, put out two minutes later. There was a light south- westerly breeze, the sea was calm, and the tide was ebbing. While the life-boat was making for the position she received a radio message from the Fulham VIII that the crew of the Caribon had been picked up three miles east of Roker pier. The life-boat came alongside the motor vessel, and the three men weretransferred to her. A search was made for the yacht, but only pieces of wreck- age were found and it was presumed that she had sunk. The life-boat reached her station at seven o'clock. Rewards to the crew, £8 8s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..