ESCORTED VESSELS Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11 a.m. on 3rd January, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that two motor fishing vessels, the Easter Morn and Galilee, were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 11.15 in a moderated westerly breeze and a rough sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat met the two fishing vessels and escorted them safely to harbour, arriving at 12.26..