Dungeness, Kent - At 6.8 p.m. on 21st June, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was firing flares two miles north east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Mabel E.

Holland was launched at 6.15 in a strong south westerly wind with a moderate sea. The tide was flooding.

The life-boat came up with the cabin cruiser Shantimere with four people on board four and a half miles north east of Dungeness. The cabin cruiser's engine had failed and she was dragging her anchor. The life-boat took the Shantimere in tow to Folkestone and returned to her station at 11.20..