Probus Ioanes
FOUR IN DISTRESS Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 6.45 p.m. on zyth May, 1964, the coastguard told the life-boat coxswain that a fishing boat appeared to be in need of help about i£ miles from the coastguard station and by 6.55 the life-boat Friendly Forester was launched. There was a fresh southeasterly wind, with a moderate sea and a flooding tide. The life-boat found the motor boat Probus loanes pleasure-fishing a mile east of Flamborough Head. Her propeller shaft had broken and her crew of four were making distress signals. The life-boat towed the boat to Bridlington and then returned to her station at 9.15..