Hastings, Sussex. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 19th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary learnt that the fishing vessel Valiant had engine trouble and was having difficulty in making the beach at Hastings. At 1.6 the life-boat M.T.C. was launched in a strong south-westerly wind. There was a moderate swell and it was high water.

The fishing vessel was in a dangerous position near rocks fifty yards east of the easternmost groyne. Local fishing boats which reached her first had difficulty in taking her in tow, but with the assistance of the life-boat the Valiant was towed as close to the beach as possible, after which she was warped ashore by hand. The life- boat reached her station at 2.10.

Rewards to the crew, £8 15s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £35 6s..