FIVE TAKEN OFF Dover, Kent. At 3 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, a cabin cruiser off Cock Point was observed burning a red flare.

At 3.31 the life-boat Southern Africa put to sea. There was a strong south-westerly wind, the sea was rough and it was low water. The small cabin cruiser Plover was found with a fouled propeller. The lifeboat took off her crew of five, who had been on a fishing expedition, and towed the Plover to Dover, arriving at 6 p.m..