Amble, Northumberland. At 3.38 on the morning of the llth July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a red flare had been seen near Snab Point, Drudridge Bay. There was little wind and a slight sea. The tide had begun to ebb. At 3.58 the life- boat Millie Walton put out. She made for Drudridge Bay and found the fishing coble Green Pastures, which had a broken propeller shaft coupling and was making water. The life-boat towed the Green Pastures, which had a crew of two, into Amble and returned to her station, arriving at 5.40..