Blyth, Northumberland. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 29th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary at New- biggin asked the honorary secretary at Blyth if the crew of the coble Morning Joy, which had entered Blyth, had any information about the coble Adventurer of Newbiggin. The crew of the Morn- ing Joy had reported that the Adventurer had last been seen three miles east of Blyth making for Blyth but with her engines not apparently very reliable.

As the Adventurer had not reached Blyth, the life-boat Winston Churchill (Civil Service No. 8) was launched at three o'clock in a south-easterly gale and a rough sea. It was high water.

The Newbiggin honorary secretary was informed of the action taken, and ten minutes later he reported that the Adventurer had entered Newbiggin.

The Blyth life-boat was therefore re- called and reached her station at four o'clock, but five minutes later she put out again, as the Adventurer was seen approaching Blyth in heavy seas. The coble was escorted into Blyth harbour, and the life-boat finally reached her station at 5.30. Rewards to the crew, £11 10s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 8s..