Cromer, Norfolk - At 3.15 p.m. on nth December, 1966, two flares were reported from a D.U.K.W. which was about a mile off Cromer east beach. The No. 2 life-boat William Henry and Mary King was launched at 3.27 in a light south westerly wind and a slight sea. It was one hour after low-water. She found the craft, whose engine had broken down, half a mile north north east of Cromer. The nine occupants were taken off the D.U.K.W. by the life-boat, which then towed the casualty to moorings near the pier. The life-boat returned to her station at 4.30 and landed the survivors..