Fowey, Cornwall - At 11.5 p.m. on 5th May, 1967, a report was received of a red flare two to three miles south of Gorran Haven. The life-boat Deneys Reitz slipped her moorings at 11.38 in a fresh south south westerly wind and a moderate sea. It was one and a half hours after low water. The casualty - the fishing vessel Yves Chantral of St. Malo - with eight people on board was found two and a half miles south of Gorran Haven at 1.59 a.m. on 6th May, 1967. Her engine had failed. She was taken in tow to Fowey and the life-boat returned to her station at 5-34-.