Walmer, Kent. At 5.8 on the after- noon of the 20th of August, 1960, flares and rockets were spotted over the Good- win Sands near the wreck of the N.E.

Victory by the life-boat mechanic and others on the sea front. A west-south- westerly wind was blowing and the sea was moderate to rough. It was almost low water when the life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched at 5.17. A small shallow- draught white speedboat was sighted and recognised as the Doughty, a turbo- craft belonging to Earl Granville, a cousin of the Queen. Two of the life- boat crew boarded the speedboat, whose engine had failed. Her owner and another man were taken on board the life-boat. The Doughty was taken in tow, and the life-boat then returned to her station, which was reached at 7.10.

Rewards to the crew, £9; rewards to the helpers on shore, £13 10s..