Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 8 p.m. on 2nd August, 1965, the Gorleston coastguard reported that a motor cruiser had broken down in a fresh to strong southerly breeze and a moderate sea and was drifting out to sea off the north pier entrance to the harbour.

The life-boat Louise Stephens launched at 8.5 and found the casualty, a Broads motor cruiser, aground. The six occupants had already waded ashore. The second coswain took a line aboard the motor cruiser which was then towed into the harbour. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.45 p.m..