Blyth, Northumberland - At 5.28 p.m.

on 24th September, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flares had been seen one and a half miles off Blyth beach. The IRB was launched at 5.29 in a gentle south easterly breeze and a smooth sea. It was two hours before high water. The casualty was the motor boat Karron with seven people aboard. Her engines had broken down. Three of her passengers were transferred to the IRB which then returned to her station with a request for the services of the lifeboat to assist the Karron, which wasdrifting steadily northwards. The life-boat Winston Churchill (Civil Service No. 8) was launched at 6 o'clock and the IRB guided her through the mist by the use of flares.

The Karron, with the remaining four people on board, was towed to Blyth harbour. The IRB and the life-boat returned to station at 7 o'clock..