Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 10.3 on the night of the 4th of September, 1958, the coastguard received a message from the police at Brighton that a two- masted boat was sending distress signals.

Her position was given as a hundred yards to sea from the Sackville Hotel at Hove, and she appeared to be drift- ing east towards Brighton. At 10.18 the life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched in a slight sea, with a light easterly wind blowing and an ebb tide. She found the Dutch yawl Tenente Roberth, which had grounded off King Alfred Hove, at anchor close to the shore. Her owner told the coxswain he did not need help, but as the weather was deteriorating the life-boat stood by until high water, as the yacht was in a dangerous position. The life-boat reached her station at 3.16 the next morning.

Rewards to the crew, £11 4s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 4s..