Dfracombe, Devon. At 5.50 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the m.v. Colston was seriously ill and needed hospital treatment, and asked if the life-boat could bring him ashore. A gentle westerly wind was blowing with a choppy sea, and the tide was ebbing. It was agreed that the m.v. Colston and the life-boat should rendezvous in Coombe Martin Bay. At 6.20 the life- boat Robert and Phemia Brown was launched with two ambulance men and a stretcher on board. She met the Colston at 7.10. The sick man, who was unconscious, was taken on board the life-boat and brought ashore. A doctor and ambulance were waiting, and the man was taken to hospital. The life-boat then returned to her station at eight o'clock and was finally rehoused at 9.10. Rewards to the crew, £7 4s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £11 2s.