JUNE 7TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 10.28 P.M. a message was received at the life-boathouse from the Royal Engineers Signals at Princes Golf Club, that a vessel near there was showing flares, and at 10.45 P.M. another message came from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore near Shellness. There was thick fog, with a light W. breeze and a smooth sea. At 11 P.M. the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched and searched along the coast to Princes Club.

Soon after she put out an air-raid started.

She was caught in the beam of a searchlight and was immediately machine-gunned by enemy aircraft. Fortunately none of the lifeboat’s crew was hit. The life-boat continued her search but could find nothing and returned to her station at 1.45 A.M. - Rewards, £13 7s..