Walmer, Kent - At 1.20 p.m. on llth February, 1969, news was received that the motor boat Fairway of Deal, with four anglers on board, had broken down threequarters of a mile south east of the life-boat house.

At 1.32 the life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched in a fresh southerly wind with a moderate sea. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat came up with the motor boat at 1.52. A member of the life-boat crew was put aboard and the four anglers were transferred to the life-boat. The motor boat was taken in tow to Deal, and the life-boat returned to her station at 2.45..