Barrow, Lancashire - At 3 p.m. on 30th July, 1967, it was learnt that the converted life-boat Gamecock was overdue.

The life-boat Herbert Leigh was launched at 3.25 in a fresh south westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The tide was flooding.

She proceeded to a position 10 miles west north west of Lightning Knoll to investigate a vessel reported there, but this was not the missing boat. The life-boat then proceeded towards Douglas where the casualty had last been seen. At 6.50 the life-boat altered course for Silecroft after a vessel answering the description of the Gamecock had been seen there. At 9 o'clock the Gamecock was found one and a half miles north of Silecroft. The crew of four were without food, water, life-jackets or any means of signalling. They were taken aboard the life-boat and the boat taken in tow. At 11.35 lhe Gamecock sank.

The life-boat returned to her station at 12.40 a.m. on 3ist July. The Douglas, Workington, and Ramsey life-boats also took pan in the search..