Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. On the afternoon of the 5th of June, 1960, the weather deteriorated rapidly. There were thundery showers and the south- westerly wind increased suddenly from force 4 to force 8. A number of small craft were afloat near Salters Bank, four and a half miles west of Lytham, and the life-boat Sarah Townsend Porritt put out at 4.50, two and a half hours after low water. She escorted five boats to the Ribble estuary and reached her station at six o'clock.

Rewards to the crew, £6 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..