Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 9.16 on the evening of the 2nd of January, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of a message re- ceived from the Cork lightvessel that a flare had been fired from a small boat a quarter of a mile east of the lightvessel.

At 9.35 the life-boat Edian Courtauld put out in a slight sea. There was a light north-westerly wind, and it was two hours after low water. The life- boat found the fishing boat Cliffwind of Harwich at anchor with a net foul of her propeller and towed her into Harwich.

The life-boat reached her station at 1.25.

Rewards to the crew, £14 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 19s..