Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumber- land. At 9.45 on the morning of the 14th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small local fishing boat was anchored about a mile and a half north of Berwick with her engine broken down. A fresh south-westerly wind was blowing and the sea was beginning to rise. The life- boat crew were alerted while two local boats were asked if they could assist.

On leaving the dock, one fouled her propeller. The other, the Eastern Star, reached the fishing boat Devotion, but the rope which she passed to her with some difficulty carried away. The life- boat William and Mary Durham was then launched, but as she neared the two boats the Devotion managed to clear her propeller. The life-boat escorted both boats into harbour. Re- wards to the crew, £6; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 4s..