Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 10.30 a.m. on ist July, 1965, the motor boat Wheal Geevor was reported to have struck a rock three quarters of a mile west of Cape Cornwall. Her crew of seven were baling water. There was a light northeasterly breeze and a slight sea. The lifeboat Susan Ashley was launched at 10.40, three hours after high water. At the request of the motor boat's skipper the lifeboat escorted the Wheal Geevor to Newlyn, then returned to her station at 5-55 P-m..