Appledore, Devon. At 4.18 on the afternoon of the 19th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the second coxswain that two boys were on a sandbank on the river Taw after being cut off by the tide. The life-boat Violet Armstrong left her moorings six minutes later with the second coxswain in command. The life-boat made for the position, but it was learnt that the boys had been rescued by a rowing boat, and she was recalled. On her way back she found a motor boat with four people on board with her engines broken down. The life-boat took the motor boat in tow and reached her station at 6.30. The skipper of the motor boat made a donation to the Institution's funds.

Rewards to the crew, £8 8s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £3 2s..