Coverack, Cornwall - At 4.18 p.m.

on I4th December, 1966, it was reported that a boat was burning a distress signal about four miles south east of Coverack. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 4.30 in a light variable wind and a slight sea. It was five hours after low water. She found the fishing vessel Reliant, of Penzance, which had been drifting since 10 a.m. after her engine had broken down. The life-boat towed her to Falmouth and then returned to her station, arriving at 8.45..