Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 4.33 p.m. on 25th September, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Spray with two skin divers on board was in difficulties off Porthchapel beach. There was a light southerly breeze with a moderate sea.

The tide was flooding. The life-boat Susan Ashley launched at 4.45 and took the fishing boat Spray in tow to Newlyn, arriving back at her station at 7.20 p.m..