St. Ives, Cornwall-At 9.36 p.m.

on 20th June, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted five to six miles west north west of Clodgy point. As a report was received that Shackleton aircraft had been diverted to search the area, the honorary secretary decided to withhold launching the life-boat pending the result of the search. At 10.16 the coastguard reported that the search by the Shackleton had proved fruitless and that further flares had been seen six miles west north west of Clodgy.

The life-boat Edgar George Orlando and Eva Child was launched at 10.36. It was two hours after low water. At 11 o'clock the life-boat observed a red flare about six miles north north east of St. Ives head. The life-boat altered course and came up with the fishing boat Wasp of Hayle with three men aboard at 11.50. Her crab nets had fouled the propeller.

She was taken in tow to St. Ives and the life-boat returned to her station at 1.10 a.m. on 21st June..