Torbay, Devon. At 1.45 early on the morning of the 15th of October, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing boat had left Dartmouth a few hours earlier and had not returned. Further enquiries were being made when a local trawler informed the coastguard that a boat had been seen flashing a light half-a-mile from the mouth of the river Dart.

There was a moderate northerly wind with a slight sea. At 2.40 the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent was launched with a small boat in tow. On reaching the position given she found the crabber Try Again with her engine broken down.

Two young men were on board ; both were suffering from the cold and one was violently sick. They were taken on board the life-boat and given hot drinks. The life-boat towed the crabber to Brixham and returned to her station at 5.15..