INJURED IN EXPLOSION Dover, Kent. At 2.8 p.m. on 3rd February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Foxfield had reported an explosion on board and needed the services of a doctor, life-boat and a tug. She gave her position as eight miles south of Dover.

There was a fresh south-westerly breeze with a rough sea, and it was almost high water. After leaving at 2.30 with the honorary medical adviser on board, the life-boat Southern Africa received a radio telephone message that the injured man had been taken off by helicopter but that the life-boat was still required. When the life-boat reached the vessel she was in tow of two tugs. The master of the Foxfield advised the coxswain that it was not necessary to stand by but asked the life-boat to tow into harbour the ship's boat, which had previously been launched. The life-boat returned to her station with the small boat in tow at five o'clock..