At 1.20 p.m. on I4th April, 1967, a motor barge was reported aground on a sandbank west of Margate pier. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. n) was launched at 1.45 in a strong north east breeze and a rough sea. It was three hours before high water. Owing to the position of the casualty, the motor barge Roina, it was decided to launch the IRB also. The coastguard rescue equipment company also stood by. With heavy seas washing over the barge the IRB succeeded in getting a tow line secured. This waspassed to the life-boat which towed the barge off the sandbank to deeper water.

The life-boat then stood by until there was enough water for the barge to enter Margate harbour. This she did under her own power at 3 o'clock and the life-boat returned to her station at 3.48. The owner of the motor barge made a monetary gift to the life-boat crew..