Runswick, Yorkshire - At 1.40 p.m.

on 19th April, 1967, three Staithes fishing cobles were reported at sea and there was a heavy inshore swell on the bar at Staithes harbour. The life-boat The Elliott Gill was launched at 1.50 in a strong southerly wind and a moderate sea. It was one and a half hours after high water. She proceeded to Staithes and escorted the cobles Star of Hope, Ocean Wonder and Breadwinner into the harbour.

The life-boat returned to her station at 4.45..