Hoylake, Cheshire - At 12.43 p.m. on 23rd November, 1968, while the lifeboat Oldham IV was on exercise, a report was received from the coastguard that a dinghy had capsized off Sandhay slipway. There was afresh south westerly wind with a moderate sea. The tide was flooding.

The life-boat immediately made for the scene and picked up a man and his young son. The boy, who was suffering from exposure, was landed and taken to hospital. As the dinghy had been swept ashore, the life-boat retunred to her station at 1.40..