Workington, Cumberland. At 2.13 on the morning of the 6th of November, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen one mile north-east of Mary- port. At 2.45 the life-boat Edward Z.

Dresden, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings in a moderate south-south-easterly wind. There was a slight sea, and it was high water.

The life-boat found the fishing boat Two Sisters, of Maryport, with a crew of four, half a mile north of Maryport.

The fishing boat had engine trouble and was taken in tow to Maryport.

The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 5.15. Rewards to the crew, £10 10s..