Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 6.25 a.m. on 24th March, 1967, a ship was reported to be on fire off Flamborough Head. The Flamborough life-boat had already been launched to provide lifesaving assistance if required. As it wasnecessary to dispatch fire-fighting equipment to the casualty, and as no other boat was available, the life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at 7 o'clock in a strong westerly wind and a moderate sea.

It was two hours after high water. She embarked two officers and seven firemen, together with their equipment. The casualty, the Lepanto of Grimsby, was reached at 9 o'clock and in difficult conditions the firemen and their equipment were transferred to the trawler. She was then escorted by both life-boats to Bridlington Bay. By 10.45 tne nre had been extinguished.

The life-boat then drew alongside the Lepanto and took off the firemen and their equipment. She returned to her station at 11.49. A helicopter assisted in the operation..