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Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 11.40 a.m. on 24th April, 1966, a police inspector informed the honorary secretary that a car or van had gone over the cliffs and into the sea, close to the Aberdaron look-out hut. As no other suitable craft was available to take divers to investigate, the life-boat White Star, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 2 p.m. with a police officer and four skin divers on board. There was a light south-westerly wind and a slight sea. The tide had been ebbing for two hours. While on course for Aberdaron some wreckage was picked up which appeared to be part of a van. Upon arrival at a position under the look-out hut the divers went down, and when they returned they reported that a cream van was lying in about 30 feet of water. The steering wheel was recovered but there was no trace of the driver. The search was then called off and the life-boat returned to her station at 8 o'clock..