Eastbourne, Sussex. At 5.16 p.m. on 20th June, 1965, the honorary secretary was notified that H.M.S. Plover had picked up a small dinghy with two people on board about five miles south-west of Beachy Head. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache launched at 5.24. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a slight sea. It was one hour after high water. The life-boat came up with the Plover at 5.50, embarked the dinghy's occupants and took the dinghy in tow to Eastbourne, arriving at her station at 6.50 p.m..