Penlee, Cornwall.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 6th of November, 1956, a doctor telephoned to say that the Greek S.S. Pontoporos, which was south-west of the Scilly Isles, had a seriously injured man on board who required a doctor urgently. He asked if the life-boat would take him out.

At 9.50 the life-boat W and S was launched. There was a slight sea and a light easterly breeze. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat made for Pen- zance, where she took on board the doctor and ambulance men. The steamer was by this time seven miles south-west of the Bishop's Rock light- house. The life-boat coxswain asked the Pontoporos to meet the life-boat five miles south of Wolf Rock light- house. The doctor and ambulance men were put on board and the life- boat accompanied the Pontoporos to Penzance, where the injured man was landed. She then returned to her station, arriving at 2.20.—Rewards to the crew, £14 5,9.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 8,?..