Margate, Kent - At 8.33 a.m. on 27th April, 1969, the coastguard stated that a report had been received from the m.v. Australia Star that a yacht was flying distress signals near the Mid Shingles buoy. The life-boat crew were requested to stand by. At 9.2 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched.

It was high water. At 10.25 the lifeboat came up with the yacht Fame, with two youths on board, just east of her reported position. The yacht's rudder was disabled and she had been at anchor since the previous evening. The yacht was taken in tow to Margate and, as it was low tide, moored alongside the jetty. The lifeboat returned to her station at 1.25 p.m..