CREW OF EIGHT At 1.50 a.m. on 2oth November, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a vessel was aground one mile south of the North Caister buoy. At 2.10, when the tide was two hours before low water, the life-boat The Royal Thames was launched into a smooth sea and light westerly breeze. At 2.45 she found the trawler Ada Kirby aground with a crew of eight on board. Her skipper had launched his inflatable raft, fearing that the trawler might capsize. The life-boat took his tow wire and rope and siood by until the trawler refloated at 4.10. The life-boat piloted the trawler clear of danger and returned to her station at 4.45..