The Lizard - Cadgwith, Cornwall - At 5 p.m. on 27th November, 1969, a report was received that a fishing vessel, with two skin-divers on board, was in difficulties in Rill bay. At 5.30 the life-boat The Duke ofCornwall (Civil Service No. 33) was launched in a fresh west north westerly wind with a moderate sea.

The tide was flooding. She found the m.f.v. Priscilla Whittles with her engine broken down and her anchor held fast in the rocks. The life-boat crew freed the anchor, afterwards taking the vessel in tow to Porthleven.

The life-boat returned to her station at 10 o'clock..