The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 10.45 P-m- °n 29tn June, 1967, it was learned that flares had been sighted 14 miles east south east of the Lizard. This was confirmed by the Norwegian motor vessel Possum. The life-boat, The Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No. 33) was launched at 11.9 in a light variable breeze and a calm sea. The tide was flooding.

The life-boat proceeded to the position given. At 12.38 a.m. the motor vessel Possum gave a corrected position of 20 miles south east of the Lizard. The lifeboat was joined in the search by the German tug William Barendsz and for a time by a naval vessel. At 5.25 the life-boat found the French trawler Marie Helene about 20 miles south of the Lizard with her engines broken down. There were six people on board. The trawler was taken in tow to Newlyn, arriving at 10 a.m. on 3oth June. The life-boat returned to her station at 2 o'clock..