Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 12.30 p.m. on 23rd February, 1966, the coxswain, knowing that there was a fishing coble at sea and realizing that the weather was getting worse, had investigated and had decided to launch the life-boat Friendly Forester. He informed the Flamborough coastguard that the life-boat would stand by the coble. The life-boat was launched at 12.50 in a west south westerly gale and a rough sea. It was half an hour after low water. The life-boat travelled in a north east by easterly direction looking out for the coble which was found approximately six miles from the life-boat station. She escorted the coble Northern Star to the north landing, arriving back at her station at 2.50 p.m..