FISHING COBLE TAKEN IN TOW St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At nine o'clock on the morning of the 24th August, 1962, the principal keeper of the St.

Abbs Head lighthouse telephoned to say the local fishing coble Mary, which had a crew of four, had broken down off the head and had asked for a tow. The coble was in no immediate danger, but as no other suitable boat was available, the life-boat W. Rose Macarthur of Glasgow was launched at 9.35. There was a fresh westerly breeze, the sea was moderate, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the Mary under the cliffs near the lighthouse, towed her to St. Abbs, and arrived back at her station at 10.10..