Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 6.45 p.m.

on 3rd October, 1965, the secretary of the Penmaenmawr Yacht Club reported that a number of their sailing dinghies had been caught in a sudden squall and had overturned. The sailing club rescue boat was unable to cope, so at 7.10 the lifeboat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts launched in a moderate north-easterly breeze and choppy sea. The tide was ebbing.

Visibility was poor. The life-boat joined the rescue boat and by using parachute flares and her searchlight all the sailing dinghies were soon accounted for. The life-boat returned to her station at 10 p.m.

and was rehoused the following day at 6 a.m..