Tynemouth, Northumberland. On the 6th February, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that an attempt was to be made to refloat the Dutch dredger Beverwick which had stranded on the Tynemouth pier, and that the captain in charge of the salvage operation had requested that the life-boat stand by.

At 1.5 p.m. the life-boat Tynesider was launched in a gentle westerly breeze and a smooth sea. It was three hours before high water. The life-boat stood by until the dredger was refloated and then escorted her some four miles up river to moorings, arriving at her station at 3.10 p.m..