Eastbourne, Sussex. At 9.47 a.m. on iyth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a small boat had fired red flares about four miles and a half south-east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched in a west-south-westerly wind of near gale force and a rough sea. The life-boat found the cabin cruiser Freelance with her engines broken down. Her crew of five were rescued and the cabin cruiser was taken in tow. The life-boat reached her station at 11.50 a.m..