The "Lancet"

29th December 1896

Gallant Lifeboatmen

A plucky deed was done on Sunday by the Robin Hood's Bay Lifeboatmen. During the gale on Saturday night the large brig Lancet was disabled while on the way to Newcastle with a cargo of limestone. One of the sudden squalls carried away her mainmast, and she drifted about in a helpless condition. At midnight tar barrels were burned on board and the Robin Hood's Bay fishermen as soon as they saw the flare, proceeded after the ship in their lifeboat. For eighteen miles they followed the drifting brig until she was safely towed into Scarborough on Sunday afternoon. Then the gallant lifeboatmen started on their row long home again. No lives were lost.

From the Daily Graphic