A trawler with a lone fisherman onboard got her nets caught in her propeller on 2 June off Cliffe Marshes. She then sustained damage and began to take on water as her skipper tried to clear the obstruction. Gravesend’s E class lifeboat Olive Laura Deane quickly arrived to assist and a crew member transferred with a salvage pump. So much water was being taken on that the trawler was secured alongside the lifeboat and taken under tow to Holehaven creek, while Sheerness’s Trent class lifeboat stood by.