Two saved from sinking fishing boat Cullercoat's Atlantic was called out to the fishing boat Cormorant when she began taking water about two miles to the east of the station on 31 March 1996.

It took less than five minutes from receiving the Coastguard's call for the lifeboat to launch and only another four minutes for her to reach the casualty, which was leaking very badly.

One of her crew stayed aboard initiallyto tend the towand bail, but with the vessel in danger of capsizing he too was soon taken aboard the lifeboat. The Atlantic began a very gentle tow home and Cormorant was finally brought back to harbour at Cullercoats after an hour and a half..