Seaham, Co. Durham. At seven o'clock on the evening of the llth of June, 1960, some local fishermen toldthe coxswain that the fishing coble Marjory Joan of Sunderland was over- due. At 7.10 the life-boat George Elmy was launched, an hour and a half after high water, in a fresh-north- westerly wind and a rough sea. She found the coble four and a half miles south-east of Seaham with her engine broken down. The coble, which had a crew of five, was taken in tow to Seaham, arriving at nine o'clock.

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