Rolled over ON TUESDAY EVENING, August 24, 1982, at 1938, Mudeford station honorary secretary and a lifeboatman, John Batchelor, sighted a red flare 2l/2 miles south west of the lifeboat station off Hengistbury Head. Maroons were fired and at 1941 Mudeford's D class Mark IV Zodiac inflatable lifeboat was launched manned by Helmsman John Batchelor and Crew Members Julian Derham and John Garton. A strongbreeze, force 6, was blowing from the south west which, combined with a strong ebb tide, had given rise to a short rough sea.

The lifeboat reached the casualty, an 18ft sailing boat within minutes. She found that the boat had been swamped by one large wave and then rolled over by another in the overfalls off Hengistbury Head. The lifeboat picked up the casualty's three crew from the water and then managed to tow the boat back to Mudeford. The lifeboat was rehoused and ready for service at 2024.

For this service a letter of appreciation signed by Rear Admiral W. J.

Graham, director of the Institution, was sent to Helmsman John M. Batchelor and Crew Members Julian P. Derham and John F. Garton..