JANUARY 6TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 5.15 P.M. information was received from an escort vessel, through the coastguard, that a fishing boat was in distress seven miles to the N.E. It was very cold, with a moderate wind and sea. At 5.45 P.M. the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched. She found the motor fishing boat Sceptre, with a crew of three. Her engine had broken down, and she was in danger from mines and sea traffic in the darkness. The life-boat towed her in, arriving at 9 P.M. - Property salvage case.