Penlee, Cornwall. At 6.25 p.m. on 4th January, 1966, the Tol Pedn coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen 10 miles south of Tol Pedn. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 6.38 on a moderate southerly breeze and in a moderate sea. It was three hours before low water.

The life-boat found the French trawler Yves Chantal drifting, with her trawling gear fouling her propeller, in a position eight miles south east of the Wolf Rock.

She was taken in tow to Newlyn harbour, arriving at 1.30 a.m. The owners of the vessel made a donation to the Institution's funds..