Penlee, Cornwall. At 5.30 on the even- ing of the 18th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that there was a call for medical help from the motor vessel Leersum of Amsterdam, which would be off Penlee Point at 9.30.

When the life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 9.10 there was a light south- westerly wind with a slight sea. It was an hour and a half after high water. The life-boat embarked a doctor and ambu- lance crew at Newlyn and made for the rendezvous. At 9.45 the doctor boarded the ship. He treated an injured man and then returned, with the patient, to the life-boat, which landed them at Newlyn at 10.47. The life-boat was rehoused the next morning..