TWO TAKEN OFF LEAKING FISHING VESSEL Fleetwood, Lancashire. On the afternoon of the 24th September, 1962, several people reported that a vessel was aground between the nos. 6 and 4 buoys in the Wyre Channel, and a radio message to the same effect had been received by the coastguard. At 3.45 it was decided to launch the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell. There was a light southsouth- westerly breeze and a calm sea.

It was low water. The life-boat found the fishing vessel Zyava III with a crew of two. There was little danger to the crew, and the vessel could be expected to refloat when the tide rose. There was, however, a cracked plank on the starboard side of the vessel, and water began to come in. Attempts by the lifeboat crew to refloat her were unsuccessful, and the life-boat took on board her crew of two and landed them, reaching her station at 7.30..