Long Search THE STERN TRAWLER Anmara and her crew of three were reported overdue from Scarborough on the evening of May 21, 1987 and a search was organised by Humber Coastguard, to begin at first light on the following day.

The 37ft Rother class lifeboat Harold Salvesen on temporary duty at Filey, was joined in the search by Scarborough's 37ft Oakley class boat Amelia, Bridlington's 37ft Oakley William Henry and Mary King, an RAF helicopter,HMS Lindisfarne and other vessels.

As dawn broke, the three lifeboats began their long search for signs of survivors or wreckage from the Anmara.

The Harold Salvesen, with Coxswain Frank Jenkinson in command, was asked by the coastguard to start looking between Filey Brig and Flamborough Head, up to five miles offshore, while Coxswain Stuart Ogden and the Amelia were searching along Scarborough's south shore, as far as Filey Bridge and Coxswain Fred Walkington took the Bridlington boat on a north/south route from North Smithwick Buoy.

The weather was poor, with a strong north-easterly breeze and rough seas.

At 0826 Filey lifeboat reported that one of her crew, Kenneth Rennie, was suffering from severe stomach pains and in need of medical attention. He was taken to Scarborough Harbour and landed there, to be seen by a doctor and to be replaced by Crew Member Richard Robinson.

The Harold Salvesen resumed the search immediately, finding a plastic bucket from the Anmara in Cayton Bay, but no other signs of the missing trawler.

Other wreckage was found during the search and the body of one of the Anmara's crew members was washed ashore the following day.

William Henry and Mary King was released at 1448 by HMS Lindisfarne, the on-scene commander and the search was finally called off at 1600, all three lifeboats returning to their respective stations.

Following this service, all three lifeboat stations were sent letters by Lt Cdr Brian Miles, deputy director and chief of operations, expressing his "warm and appreciative thanks" for the dogged determination displayed by the coxswains and their crews in performing such a sad task..