Hastings, Sussex - At 12.43 p.m. on 10th October, 1968, the honorary secretary was informed that six men aboard the dredger William All Press were in danger and the assistance of the life-boat was requested to take them off. At 12.57 the life-boat Fairlight was launched in a strong south westerly breeze with a rough sea. The tide was flooding. The lifeboat came up with the dredger two miles west of the life-boat station.

The six men were taken aboard, the life-boat returning to her station at 1.45..