TWO GIRLS IN SEA Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At 3 p.m. on 4th August, 1964, while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was on a publicity launch in company with the Bembridge life-boat, a small sailing dinghy was seen to capsize off Southsea pier, throwing two girls into the water. The life-boat picked up one girl, taking the boat in tow, while Bembridge life-boat picked up the other.

The sea was slight and there was a light southerly breeze..