Eastbourne, Sussex - At 4.44 p.m. on I2th July, 1966, a yacht with one man on board was reported in difficulties four miles south-east of Beachy Head. A small coaster was standing by the boat. There was a gale from the south-west with a rough sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 5.10 and at 5.45 came up with the yacht. A member of the life-boat's crew was placed on board and a tow line secured. At 7 o'clock the yacht suddenly sank and the yachtsman and the lifeboatman were thrown into the sea. Both were rescued by the life-boat. She reached her station at 7.50..