Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 3 p.m. on 5th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Amy Johnson was about to land the body of a man who had been dragged overboard by nets, with another fisherman, from the fishing vessel Golden Grain. The accident had occurred twelve miles east of the Tyne.

The second man, suffering from shock, was on board the Golden Grain, which was in tow of the fishing vessel Snowflake.

After speaking to the skipper of the Amy Johnson the honorary secretary decided to launch the life-boat Tynesider to take out oxygen to the casualty and the lifeboat was launched at 3.35 with two ambulance men aboard. A north-westerly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough. The tide was flooding.

The life-boat met the two fishing vessels five miles off the Tyne and the coxswain was able to go alongside the Golden Grain, although she was rolling and sheering wildly in the rough sea.

An ambulance man was put aboard to give medical aid and the life-boat escorted the fishing vessels to the Tyne.

The casualty was landed at the North Shields fish quay where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The life-boat reached her station at 5.40 p.m..