At 11.5 a.m. on I9th July, 1967, a call was received by the coxswain of the lifeboat Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No.

35) from the fishing vessel Apt of Ilfracombe that her propeller was fouled by a trawl. The life-boat proceeded at 11.15 in a moderate westerly wind and a choppy sea. It was low water. The Apt was found in position three and a half miles west of Bideford fairway buoy and taken in tow to Clovelly bay which was reached at 12.13 p.m. The IRB was used to inspect the fouled propeller and it was found that the net could not be cleared while the Apt was afloat. The skipper then requested a tow to Ilfracombe which was reached at 2.25.

The life-boat returned to Clovelly at 5.5 p.m..