Lowestoft, Suffolk. During the even- ing of the 6th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary learnt that the traw- ler Georges Ferges of Boulogne would be off Lowestoft at four o'clock the next morning and that medical assistance was needed for a badly injured man. No doc- tor was available immediately, and thelife-boat Michael Stephens was unable to put out until five o'clock. A west- south-westerly gale was blowing with a very rough sea, and the tide was half ebb. The life-boat reached the trawler at 5.25, and the doctor and a pilot were put on board. The doctor found the man was dead, and both he and the pilot re- turned to the life-boat, which reached her station at 6.51..