Coverack, Cornwall. At 10.10 on the night of the 21st of July, 1959, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a rowing boat with two people on board was unable to return to harbour because of the strong wind and ebb tide. At 10.45 the life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched in a choppy sea with a fresh north- north-easterly wind blowing. She found a 12-feet rowing boat with two young men on board. The young men were taken aboard the life-boat, which then towed the boat to the harbour.

The life-boat reached her station at 11.28. Rewards to the crew, £7 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 16s..