SPEEDBOAT BROKE DOWN Plymouth, Devon. At 6.43 p.m. on Kth April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a speedboat with one occupant had broken down half a mile south of their lookout. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a smooth sea, and an ebbing tide. The lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse left at 6.54 and quickly reached the speedboat.

The occupant, who was very cold, was taken on board the life-boat and given a hot drink. The speedboat, with a member of the life-boat crew on board, was towed to Cremyll where the survivor was landed. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.5..