Redcar, Yorkshire. At approximately 9.10 p.m. on i4th June, 1965, the owner of the speedboat Miranda informed the coxswain-mechanic that his boat with two people on board had broken down half a mile north-east of the station and was drifting out to sea on an offshore breeze. At 9.10 the inshore rescue boat launched in a gentle to moderate southwesterly breeze and calm sea. The tide was ebbing. The inshore rescue boat came up with the Miranda, which had no oars on board, and took her in tow. The IRB returned to her station at 9.25 p.m..