Hastings, Sussex - At 11.27 a.m. on 10th May, 1968, the foreman in charge of a dredger off St. Leonards informed the honorary secretary that the three men aboard were in danger and requested the assistance of the life-boat to take them off.

The life-boat Fairlight was launched at 11.35 in a south westerly gale and a very rough sea. It was half an hour before high water. The life-boat came up with the dredger at noon and took the three men aboard.

They were landed at Hastings and the life-boat returned to her station at 12.30. At 7.15 a.m. on 13th May the coastguard made a report that red flares had been fired from the dredger off St. Leonards. The lifeboat Fairlight was launched at 7.31 in a south westerly gale and a very rough sea. It was one hour after low water. The life-boat came up with the dredger at her moorings two and a half miles off West St.Leonards outfall at 8.2. The three men aboard were transferred to the life-boat and landed at Hastings.

The life-boat returned to her station at 8.25. The owners of the dredger made a donation to the life-boat crew..