Newhaven, Sunday December 13: Soon after midday two calls were received in quick succession. A gale, gusting above force 10, was blowing from south south east; the spring tide was in the first hour of the ebb and seas in the harbour and at the harbour entrance were mountainous when the 44ft Wavenev relief lifeboat 44-001, on temporary duty at Newhaven, set out under the command of Coxswain/ Mechanic Len Patten to go to the help of a yacht in trouble. When about two miles west of Newhaven a message came that the 25ft trawler Orlando had capsized 50 yards east of the harbour breakwater. The yacht reported that she was now safely under way, so the Waveney headed back for the trawler wreckage. Meanwhile, the 46ft 9in Watson relief lifeboat Tynesider, whose home port when not on relief station dutv is Newhaven, was launched under the command of former Coxswain Edgar Moore. The Waveney picked up one fisherman from the wreckage of Orlando, but although the two lifeboats and an RN helicopter searched for some time nothing could be found of the other member of the trawler's crew. (Right) conditions inside the bight of Newhaven breakwater arm..