Seaham, Co. Durham. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 26th of September, 1959, distress signals were seen north-east of the harbour. Five minutes later the life-boat George Elmy was launched in a moderate northerly wind and sea. The tide was ebbing.

The life-boat found the fishing boat Little Mary with a crew of five. The boat's fishing gear had fouled her propeller, and the life-boat took her in tow to harbour. The life-boat reached her station at 12.20. Rewards to the crew, £7 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..