Swanage, Dorset - At 3.51 p.m. on 7th July, 1969, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized in Swanage bay. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 4.2 in a fresh north westerly wind with a choppy sea. The tide was flooding.

She found the dinghy Mary Jane with her crew of three in the water.

They were taken aboard the life-boat and the dinghy was towed to Swanage. The life-boat returned to her station at 4.50..