Flamborough, Yorkshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 27th of November, 1960, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Margaret Ann was at sea. There was a strong north-easterly wind with a rough sea, and the weather was deteriorating. The coxswain decided to go to the north landing for further news, and after he had reported to the honorary secretary it was decided to launch the life-boat. At 9.37, when the tide was flooding, the life-boat Friendly Forester was launched. She followed a course to the north-east, and when she was about a mile off shore, a message was received from the coastguard that the coble was to the eastward of the life-boat. The life-boat altered course accordingly and found the Margaret Ann making for the land in extremely bad weather. As it would have been impossible for the fishing boat to reach the north landing, the life-boat escorted her into Bridlington Bay. The life-boat returned to her station at 11.20..