Whitby, Yorkshire - At n a.m. on 2ist November, 1966, the coxswain decided that conditions were such that the life-boat should be launched to stand by three motor fishing vessels returning from fishing in deteriorating weather. At 11.10 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched in a northerly gale and a rough sea. It was high water. The lifeboat stood by until the three vessels were safely in harbour, and returned to her station at 12.10..