New Brighton, Cheshire - At 7.10 p.m. on 27th August, 1966, a speedboat was seen in distress in the Rock Channel.The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 7.25. There was a calm sea.

It was two hours before high water. The speedboat and her two occupants were towed to New Brighton, and the life-boat returned to her moorings at 7.50..