Swanage, Dorset. At 6.10 on the evening of the 18th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had reported a man in difficulties on the cliffs at Ballard Down. A cliff rescue team had been sent to the position and a request was made for the life-boat to be launched.

At 6.24 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a calm sea, taking a small boat in tow. There were light south- easterly airs and a flood tide. The life- boat reached the cliffs, which were over 350 feet high, shortly before the rescue team, consisting of coastguardsmen and police, arrived. Two people could be seen in difficult positions on the cliff face. Using the loud hailer, the coxs- wain gave directions to the rescue team, and a man, a boy aged fourteen and his dog were hauled up the cliff to safety.

The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 7.22. The coast- guard and the police expressed their thanks for the help given. Rewards to the crew, £7 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £2 8s..