Thames CG requested the lifeboat to launch to assist an 8' angling dinghy with engine failure off Hampton Pier.

The lifeboat found the dinghy 150 yds off Hampton Rocks, being rowed slowly towards the shore. The single, elderly occupant was brought aboard the lifeboat, and the dinghy towed to the launching ramp at Hampton.

Once the man and his dinghy were safely ashore in the care of Herne Bay Mobile Coastguard unit, the lifeboat returned to station.