Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 2.38 a.m. on 5th July. 1966, it was reported that a small boat with a crew of four had capsized in the Solent. Two men had been rescued and it was thought the other two were near the Norris buoy. The life-boat Jesse Lumb launched at 2.48 on an ebbing tide and proceeded to search the area in conjunction with the IRB and a helicopter.

There was a light westerly breeze with a smooth sea. At 4.24 the life-boat rescued one of the missing men from a position inshore of the Norris buoy and at 5.7 the coastguard reported that the Southampton patrol boat had recovered the body of the other man. The life-boat and IRB arrived back at their station at 6.55..