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Tulari

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - At 7.50 p.m. on nth September, 1966, a red flare was sighted in the Worthing ferry area. The dredger Seastone, which had just left the harbour, also sighted the flare. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at 8 o'clock in a fresh west south westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was three hours after low water. A few minutes later the Seastone reported that she was alongside the fishing vessel Tulari which required a tow to Shoreham. She was one and three quarter miles north west by north from Worthing pier. The life-boat proceeded towards the position given. The Tulari fired a second flare to direct the life-boat which arrived alongside at 9 o'clock. She had a fishing party of five men on board, and had been drifting since 3 o'clock when her engine had broken down. The lifeboat took her in tow to Shoreham and moored her at the west arm of the railway quay. During the tow one of the party had fallen and injured his arm so the life-boat asked for a doctor to be available when they landed. She returned to her station, arriving at 10 o'clock..