Swanage, Dorset. At 11.59 on the night of the 29th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that Niton radio station had received a signal from the Dutch tanker Capricornus that she was standing by the yacht Farida of Poole. The yacht had run short of petrol on return passage from Cherbourg to Hamble, and her position was seven and a half miles south-south-east of Durleston Head. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 12.14 in a south-south- westerly gale. The sea was very rough, and the tide was ebbing. The life- boat found the yacht, which had a crew of two, and took her in tow to Swanage, arriving at 4.15. The yacht was anchored and the life-boat was re- housed at seven o'clock.

At 8.53 the honorary secretary was informed that the yacht was dragging her anchor, for the tide was now flood- ing, and the gale had backed to the south-east. The yacht's crew fired a distress signal, and the life-boat was launched at 9.8. By this time the Farida was in a dangerous position two hundred yards from the north shore of Swanage Bay. Her fairleads were damaged, and as it was not possible to moor her safely, she was towed to Poole harbour. Weather conditions had de- teriorated considerably by this time.

The life-boat could not be rehoused and she had to remain at Poole until the morning of the 1st of October.First service : rewards to the crew, £14 5s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 2s. Second service : re- wards to the crew, £25 15s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 3s..