North-East England Boulmer, Northumberland. At 8.50 a.m. on I2th March, 1964, anxiety was felt for the fishing coble Providence which was at sea in deteriorating weather. There was a fresh east-south-easterly breeze with a rough sea, and it was low water.

The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle launched at 9.14. After two unsuccessful attempts to bring the coble into Boulmer harbour she was escorted safely into Amble harbour instead and the life-boat returned to her station at 11.50..