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Dolphin

Runswick, Yorkshire. About noon on the 17th of April, 1960, the weather began to deteriorate, and as the fishing boat Dolphin of Staithes was at sea with a crew of three, it was decided to launch the life-boat The Elliott GUI to escort the boat to Runswick, because it would have been dangerous to enter Staithes harbour. The life-boat put outat 12.50, two hours before low water, in a light north-easterly wind and a moderate sea. She found the Dolphin one mile north of Staithes and towed her to Runswick, arriving at 3.15.

Rewards to the crew, £6 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £8 5s..