Caister, Norfolk. At 9.5 on the evening of the 9th of October, 1959, a flare one mile north of Caister was seen.

Ten minutes later the life-boat Jose Neville was launched in a moderate swell. A moderate south-easterly wind was blowing, and it was one hour before low water. The life-boat found the fishing boat Happy Spring of Great Yarmouth with a crew of three. Her engine had broken down and she was taken in tow to Great Yarmouth. The life-boat reached her station at 10.30.

Rewards to the crew, £14 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £6 8s..