Runswick, Yorkshire. On the 29th August, 1961, the fishing boat Corona- tion Queen left Staithes for the fishing grounds at 4.30 in the morning. She was due back at one o'clock, but some two and a half hours later she had not returned. There was a gentle south- easterly breeze with a slight sea. Several boats had searched for the fishing boat without result. At 3.45 the life-boat Howard D, on temporary duty at the station, was launched on an ebbing tide.

Twenty-five minutes later she found the Coronation Queen aground at Kell Hole south of Port Mulgrave. The fishing boat had stranded on the ebb tide. The life-boat stood by until the Coronation Queen refloated. She had suffered little damage and was able to reach Staithes.

The life-boat reached her station at 4.30..