Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 5.50 on the evening of the 15th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat had capsized in Hartlepool Bay near the shore and that two people were clinging to her.

The life-boat Princess Royal (Civil Ser- vice No. 7) launched at 6.10 in a gentle westerly breeze, taking a small boat with her. There was a slight sea, and it was low water. The life-boat found the dinghy, and by the use of the small boat the two people were taken on board the life-boat. The dinghy was towed back to harbour, and the life- boat returned to her station at 6.40.

Rewards to the crew, £8; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 16s..