COBLES ESCORTED At 10.3 a.m. on i6th November, 1965, the cobles Provider and Silver Coquet were reported to be still at sea in conditions that were rapidly deteriorating. The lifeboat Millie Walton set out at 10.40 in a south-easterly gale and a very rough sea, one and a half hours after high water.

She made a search and found the Silver Coquet three miles north-east of Coquet and escorted her back to harbour. As the Provider had meanwhile reached the harbour safely, the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 1.40 p.m..