Torbay, Devon. At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that a man had fallen down to the foot of the cliffs at Sharkham Point. At 12.45 the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent left her moorings with the boarding boat in tow in a calm sea. There was a light westerly breeze and the tide was ebbing.

When the life-boat reached the position it was found that the man had been seriously injured and had been attended by the police and ambulance men. The boarding boat was taken to the foot of the cliffs, and the man, who was strapped to a stretcher, was carried aboard. He was then transferred to the life-boat and landed at Torbay. The life-boat reached her moorings at 1.45. Re- wards to the crew, £7 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £1 4s..