Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.41 on the evening of the 21st of September, 1958, the coastguard at Forelands re- ported that the s.s. Ardingly had re- ported that a small boat had overturned and that a man was clinging to her.

Two minutes later the steamer reported that she had lowered a boat to pick the man up, but as she was outward bound, a request was made for a boat to land the man. No other boat being available, the life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 8.15 in a moderate sea, with a fresh south-westerly wind blowing and an ebb tide. The coxswain found the Ardingly anchored between the South and West Ryde middle buoys. The man was transferred to the life-boat, and his dinghy was taken in tow to Cowes, where he was landed. The life-boat reached her station at 11.35. Rewards to the crew, £8 8s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 5s..