Fishing Cobles (1)
SEVEN AT SEA Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.30 p.m. on 2oth November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that seven fishing cobles were at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather. There was a strong gale from the north with a rough sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 1.48 and stood by until all the fishing boats were safely in the harbour. The life-boat was back at her station by 4.40..