Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 9th August, 1961, a holiday-maker told the cox- swain that a dinghy was in distress off Newbiggin Point and was drifting out to sea. There was a moderate westerly breeze, and the sea was slight. At 4.30 the life-boat was launched on an ebbing tide and made for the position given.

At 4.45 she came up with the dinghy Youth 60 and took her crew of two on board. The dinghy was taken in tow to Newbiggin, where the two rescued people were landed. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 5.33..