TOW FOR BOAT FROM SURVEY SHIP Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was burning red flares three-quarters of a mile off Ingoldmells.

At 5.15 the life-boat The Cuttle was launched. There was a strong breeze blowing from east-by-south, there was heavy surf, and the tide was flooding.

The life-boat found a motor boat with a crew of five from the survey ship H.M.S. Scott. She was in a dangerous position in the surf, and the life-boat pulled her clear and escorted her to Wainfleet haven. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at eight o'clock..