Penlee, Cornwall. At 10 a.m. on nth November, 1965, the St. Just coastguard told the coxswain that a ship had reported seeing mattresses in the sea five miles south-east of Tater Du lighthouse. The mattresses were possibly from the missing Belgium trawler Etna. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 10.10 in a south-easterly gale and rough seas.

It was one and a half hours to high water.

She searched a large area with the assistance of a helicopter and a Shackleton aircraft. At 2 p.m. the life-boat picked up a large grating and a ship's fender but no other wreckage. The coxswain decided at 2.55 p.m. to return to harbour as visibility was poor, and the life-boat had to remain afloat at Newlyn until i8th November because of weather conditions..