Torbay, Devon - At 3.33 p.m. on 28th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that a motor cruiser had gone aground on the rocks south of Mansands. The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent slipped her moorings at 6.45 to stand by the motor cruiser when she refloated. There was a gentle south westerly breeze and a slight sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat took her boarding boat with her as it would not have been possible for her to close the casualty. The motor cruiser La Voyageuse with three people on board had run aground on the rocks off Seacombe beach.

The owner asked the life-boat to stand by until she was able to refloat. While waiting the boarding boat took a linefrom the motor cruiser to the life-boat which had stationed herself up tide.

The motor boat refloated safely, and the owner, who feared the propeller and shaft might have been damaged, asked the life-boat to tow her to Brixham Harbour. This being done the life-boat returned to her station at 9.19. The owner of the motor cruiser made a gift to the life-boat crew..