Skegness, Lincolnshire - At 6.6 a.m.

on 25th June, 1968, the coastguard reported that flares had been sighted on Butterwick Low Sands. The lifeboat Charles Fred Grantham was launched at 6.32 in a fresh south south westerly wind and a rough sea.

It was half an hour before high water.

She found the fishing boat Seeker aground with a crew of two on board.

The Boston pilot boat Elsie Wing was standing by and had tried unsuccessfully to get a line on board.

A helicopter which arrived on the scene winched up one man and landed him at Boston. At 8.30 the life-boat took the fishing boat in tow.

At the mouth of the river the crew man, who had been winched off, was returned to the fishing boat which was towed to Boston harbour. The life-boat returned to her station at 2.30 p.m..