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Maria Dolores

FISHERMAN WAVED At 10.25 a.m. on 8th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Maria Dolores, which had a crew of three, appeared to need help off Saltscar and that one of the fishermen was waving. At 10.40 the lifeboat City of Leeds was launched in a strong westerly gale and very rough sea and made a search in a flooding tide. She found the Maria Dolores in tow of another coble east of Redcar, escorted them both to the shore, and returned to the station at 11.ID..