Fishing Boats (2)
Whitby, Yorkshire. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 27th of March, 1961, the honorary secretary noticed that six local fishing boats were still at sea. At 10.10, when the life-boat Mary Ann Hep- worth was launched, there was a fresh north-westerly wind with a moderate sea. The tide was half ebb, and there was a very heavy swell breaking on the bar. The boats were escorted into har- bour safely, and the life-boat returned to her station at 2.15..