AUXILIARY CUTTER TOWED TO PORTSMOUTH Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 10.12 on the evening of Sunday the 25th August, 1963, the Bembridge coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen half a mile north of No Mans Land Fort. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 10.20 in a strong west-south-westerly wind and a rough sea. It was an hour before low water.

Ten minutes later the coastguard reported that a motor fishing vessel had left Portsmouth to investigate a flare sighted three-quarters of a mile south east of the Gilkicker signal station. The life-boat located the auxiliary cutter Tringer, of Emsworth, with her engine broken down.

She had a crew of four on board. The life-boat took the casualty in tow to Portsmouth and then returned to her station, arriving at half past eleven..