NOVEMBER 28TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 9.30 A.M. it was learned that the motor fishing vessel Dahlia, of Hull, with a crew of five, had not returned to port since the previous day. A light N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The coastguard and the naval base were informed and the life-boat crew assembled. At 11.12 A.M.

the Dahlia was seen one mile east of Heugh and a minute later the motor life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) was launched. She found that the fishing boat was having trouble with her engine, and towed her in, arriving at 11.48 A.M. - Property salvage case.