Redcar, Yorkshire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 26th August, 1961, the coastguard told the mechanic that a small fishing boat off Marske was burning a distress signal. At 7.50 on the ebbing tide the life-boat City ofLeeds was launched. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze with a slight sea.

The life-boat made for the position given and found the fishing boat Liberty, whose engine had broken down. There were six people on board the fishing boat, three of whom were taken on board the life-boat, which then towed the Liberty back to Redcar. The life-boat reached her station at nine o'clock..