John & Stephen
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 14th of October, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat about one mile off Breill Nook was showing a distress signal and appeared to have broken down. At 4.25 the life-boat Friendly Forester was launched. The sea was choppy, there was a strong westerly breeze, and it was high water. The life-boat found the fishing coble John & Stephen, of Bridlington, anchored half a mile east of Flamborough. Head. She had a crew of four. Her engine had broken down, so the life-boat towed her to Bridlington and reached Flamborough again at 6.40.—Rewards to the crew, £9; rewards to the helpers on shore, £17 6s..