WATCH AT THE BAR Whitby, Yorkshire. At 8.30 a.m. on I9th April, 1965, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the sea was getting extremely bad on the harbour bar. As part of the fishing fleet was still at sea the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 8.45 on the ebbing tide.

The life-boat escorted the motor fishing vessel Endeavour to safety and then returned to the bar to await the remainder of the fishing fleet. At 11.50 the last of these vessels had safely entered the harbour and the life-boat returned to her station arriving at 11.50 a.m. Eight fishing vessels were escorted to safety..