DOCTOR TAKEN TO STEAMER IN FOG Barrow, Lancashire. At 10.50 on the morning of the 27th January, 1962, a firm of shipping agents in Barrow told the honorary secretary that the s.s.

Baron Inverclyde of Ardrossan, bound for Barrow, had asked for medical help as one of her firemen had injured his back. She was due off the port at 9.30 in the evening and a rendezvous was arranged between life-boat and steamer near the Lightning Knoll buoy.

The life-boat Herbert Leigh was launched at eight o'clock with a doctor on board. There was a gentle easterly breeze and a smooth sea. It was half an hour before low water. Dense fog was encountered as far as the buoy, which dispersed before the Baron Inverclyde was sighted. The life-boat went alongside her and the doctor went on board. The patient was not badly injured, and the doctor advised him to rest for two or three days on board the steamer. The doctor then rejoined the life-boat, which reached her station at 10.50. The master of the steamer sent a letter expressing his appreciation of the service rendered by the life-boat..