FIVE COBLES ESCORTED BACK IN GALE Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 31st May, 1962, when five local fishing boats were at sea, a strong northerly gale blew up and the sea became very rough. As conditions were growing worse, the life-boat Howard D, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 5.45 on the ebbing tide.

Soon after launching she met the motor fishing coble Betty Sheader and escorted her into harbour. She then found the coble Betty three miles south-east-byeast of the castle and escorted her back.

The keel-boats Marion and F. S. Colling were later met off the castle and escorted into harbour, and finally the life-boat met the Grimsby keel-boat Osprey four miles north-north-east of the castle and escorted her in too. The life-boat reached her station at 12.15..