FISHING VESSEL STRANDED ON HARBOUR BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 3rd July, 1962, some local fishermen told the motor mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Provider of Whitby had stranded at low water on the harbour bar while attempting to enter harbour during a north-northwesterly gale. The vessel had been washed towards the east pier and was bumping heavily on the rocky bottom at this point. At 1.20 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched with the second coxswain in command in a rough sea. She stood by the Provider while men on the pier pulled her clear of the rocks.

It was then decided that the life-boat should stand by until the remainder of the fishing vessels, which were hove to off Whitby awaiting the tide, were safely in. The life-boat coxswain was the first to enter the harbour in his fishing vessel, and he took over command of the lifeboat until the rest of the fleet was in harbour. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 3.50..