Newhaven, Sussex. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 21st of September, 1958, the coastguard reported that the police had seen a small sailing yacht in distress one mile off Peacehaven with clothing tied to the masthead. At five o'clock the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched, with the second coxswain in command, in a rough sea. There was a strong south- westerly wind and a flood tide. The life- boat found the yacht Topaz, which had a crew of three, with a broken rudder off Newhaven breakwater. She took her in tow, reaching Newhaven at 5.45.

Rewards to the crew, £8 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 12s..