Douglas, Isle of Man. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 23rd October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received through Anglesey radio that the motor vessel Caltex Lisbon had a seaman on board suffering from dysentery and wished to land him at Douglas. A moderate south-west wind was blowing with a moderate sea. As no other boats were available which could be launched at low water, the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1 put out at six o'clock with a doctor on board. The life-boat met the Caltex Lisbon about two miles from the harbour. The sick man was trans- ferred to the life-boat and landed at the King Edward pier, where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital.

The life-boat reached her station at seven o'clock..