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Silver Line

Flamborough, Yorkshire. — About 12.30 on the afternoon of the 13th of January, 1954, the coxswain felt anxious for the safety of three men in the local fishing coble Silver Line, who were fishing east-north-east of Flam- borough Head in bad weather. At 12.35 the life-boat Friendly Forester was launched in a very rough sea, a northerly gale and heavy rain squalls, and searched for the coble in bad visibility. The coble burnt red flares, and the life-boat found her four miles east-north-east of the Head, drifting out to sea. Her engine had been swamped. The life-boat towed her to the shore and reached her station again at 2.35.—Rewards, £15..