Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 6.35 p.m.

on pth November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a converted ship's life-boat was three hours overdue with eight people on board, including three young children. The sea was smooth with a gentle south-easterly breeze and fog. At 7 p.m., one hour before low water, the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was launched with a relative of the children aboard. An intensive search was made in company with two other boats but the missing boat was not found until the fog lifted at 10.30. The boat was towed to Fleetwood and the life-boat returned to her station soon after midnight.

The Blackpool life-boat was also 'launched..