ST HELIER, JERSEY, August 23, 1987: the 44ft Waveney class lifeboat Thomas James King takes in tow the 48ft cabin cruiser La Belle Dame after a MAYDAY alert, when the Shoreham-based vessel hit the Hinguette reef at 1418 and began to sink. The family of four on board were transferred to the lifeboat before the tow began and La Belle Dame was taken in to St Helier Harbour and grounded on the old lifeboat slipway. The incident happened during a lifeboat open day and the Thomas James King, her crew already on board for the display, reached the casualty within four minutes of the alarm being raised. Army divers from the Royal Corps Transport vessel Arezzo put down flotation bags to enable La Belle Dame to be pumped out before being repaired. photograph by courtesy of Jersey Evening Post.