Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 7.29 on the evening of the 8th of November, 1957, the coast- guard reported that an urgent call for help had been received from the Scottish drifter Sunbeam. She had an injured man on board, who was bleeding badly.

The life-boat Louise Stephens was launched at 7.55 with two doctors and blood transfusion apparatus aboard.

The sea was rough, there was a strong south-south-westerly breeze, and it was high water. The life-boat came up with the Sunbeam west of Smith's Knoll and put the doctors and gear aboard her.

As the seas were too heavy to transfer the injured man to the life-boat, thedrifter made for Gorleston harbour, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The life-boat arrived back at her station at ten o'clock. Rewards to the crew, £14 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £4 5s..