SS Yousuf Baksh was a 5,975-ton Pakistan registered freighter which caught fire and ran aground in May 1965.

The ship had become unsteerable and was drifting helplessly in The Downs - the stretch of water off the Kent coast between the Goodwin Sands and the Cinque Port town of Deal.

Forty-eight survivors were brought ashore in the first hours of the emergency after which the ship's officers, the skipper's wife and two children were also taken safely to Walmer Lifeboat Station.

During this time Yousuf Baksh's captain, Mahmood Ahmed remained aboard his vessel, relinquishing his bridge only after the Walmer Lifeboat returned with a doctor on board to treat a badly injured officer who later died – the only fatality.

There is a bench in St Mary's church yard, Eastry, Kent dedicated to his memory.