Swanage, Dorset. At 12.44 on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a two-masted fishing vessel, Mary Anne, had hoisted a distress signal east of Durlston Head.

Her engine had apparently broken down, and her sails had blown adrift.

At 1.4 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched.

The tide was half ebb and there was a strong breeze with a rough sea. The life-boat reached the Mary Anne at 1.25.

She had one man on board, and the life- boat took her in tow. As the wind had backed from south-by-east to south- east and had freshened, the coxswain decided to make for Poole Harbour, which was reached at 4.35. There the Mary Anne was secured. It was decided that the life-boat should also remain at Poole until the weather improved and she could be rehoused without risk of damage. She finally reached her station at 9.40 on the morning of the 19th of September. Rewards to the crew, £12 13s.; rewards to helpers on shore, £3..