Humber, Yorkshire. At 5.18 on the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1959, the police at Cleethorpes informed the coxswain superintendent that a bather was in difficulties off Humberstone. At the same time the coastguard reported that a yacht, which was secured along- side the Humber lightvessel, needed help. The life-boat City of Bradford HI was launched at 5.30 in a smooth sea with a light north-easterly breeze blow- ing and a flood tide. She made for the Humberstone area first and carried out a search for nearly an hour but found nothing. She then made for the Hum- ber lightvessel, which she reached at eight o'clock, and found the yacht Sea Rover of South Shields with engine trouble and leaking. The yacht had a crew of four. The life-boat took her in tow to Grimsby, arriving at 12.45. As it was low water at Spurn Point and the life-boat could not be rehoused, the coxswain decided to remain at Grimsby until the flood tide. She left at four o'clock in the morning and arrived at her station at 5.35. Property salvage case..