TO THE HAVEN Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 10.30 a.m. on 4th November, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a fishing coble was still at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather conditions.

At n o'clock the life-boat Friendly Forester launched in a near east-southeasterly gale and rough sea. The tide was ebbing. Visibility was poor due to heavy rain. Because it was low water the life-boat was man-handled the last 30 yards to the water. She met the coble Provider and escorted her to the Haven. The coxswain was then told that a coble from Filey was still out two miles north of the North Landing. An offer of an escort to Filey was made to the skipper of the coble but on reaching the position given the coxswain was told that the Filey life-boat had already found the coble and would escort her to Filey. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.30 p.m..