Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 1.40 a.m. on 14th May, 1967, news was received that a small yacht was drifting off the Sizewell bank with her engines out of action. The life-boat Alfred and Patience Gottwald was launched at 2.10 in a fresh north easterly wind and a moderate sea. It was shortly after high water. As visibility was only about 100 yards the life-boat's search was a rather protracted one and the casualty, the cabin cruiser Sujan HI with a crew of two, was not found until 6.20 a.m.

She was then a mile from Sizewell power station. The life-boat took her in tow to Lowestoft and returned to her station at 12.30 p.m..