Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire - At 10.6 a.m. on 25th June, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Utilise, which had broken down between the Ribble estuary and Formby, was in need of immediate assistance. The life-boat Edward Z.

Dresden, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings at 10.43 in a fresh westerly wind and a moderate sea. The life-boat proceeded down river and crossed the bar with some difficulty as it was low water. A Dutch motor vessel anchored off the Nelson buoy signalled that the casualty was to the north-west of her and not in the position previously given. The Liverpool bar pilot boat reached the casualty first and radioed that she was in no immediate danger.

The life-boat took the Utilise in tow to Lytham at 12.20 p.m. When the vessel was safely moored, the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 2.10..