TO NORTH SHIELDS Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 2.20 a.m. on 3rd June, 1964, the crew of the coble XmasRose informed the honorary secretary that the coble Mary Robinson was still at sea. It was almost low water; the sea was rough due to a strong east-north-easterly breeze. As the weather was becoming worse, the life-boat Richard Ashley was launched at 2.45 and half an hour later contacted the coble sheltering alongside a seine-netter. The life-boat escorted the Mary Robinson to Blyth but because of the weather conditions they had to proceed to North Shields. After seeing the coble safely to North Shields, the life-boat returned to her station at 8 a.m..