LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY HOLED COASTER New Brighton, Cheshire. At seven o'clock on the evening of Friday the 26th of July, 1963, the Formby coastguard reported that the coaster Cristo of Liverpool was aground near C.I5 buoy but was in no immediate danger. At nine o'clock it was reported that the coaster was holed and making water.

Twelve minutes later the reserve lifeboat White Star, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a slight south-easterly wind and smooth sea. It was low water. The life-boat found the casualty and stood by while a salvage crew made temporary repairs to the vessel. At high water the Cristo refloated and the life-boat returned to her station at 3.20 a.m..