TOW FOR TUG AFTER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 9.35 on the morning of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Sally of Rochester, which had a crew of two and was bound for Swansea, had broken down about four miles off the Longships lighthouse.

At 9.45 the life-boat Susan Ashley was launched. There was a light westerly breeze and a smooth sea, and the tide was ebbing. The life-boat came up with the tug three miles north of the lighthouse and at the request of the master towed her to Newlyn, which was reached at 12.45. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 3.15..