MOTHER REPORTS SONS MISSING IN BOAT Torbay, Devon. At 11.50 on the night of the 26th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the mother of two young men had reported that they had not returned home after leaving Brixham at six o'clock for Dartmouth in the motor launch Karen. At 12.25 the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent left her moorings in a light south-west-bywesterly breeze and a choppy sea. It was an hour and a half before low water.

The life-boat carried out a search along the coast towards Dartmouth, and off Scabbacombe beach a flashing light was seen close inshore near the rocks. The life-boat approached the position and found the Karen with her engine broken down and the two young men on board.

The boat was taken in tow to Brixham harbour, where the mother of the two men was waiting with a car to take them home to Kingswear. The life-boat reached her station at 1.55. The mother sent a letter of appreciation and a donation to the Institution's funds..