WOMAN BROUGHT TO MAINLAND FOR EMERGENCY OPERATION Galway Bay. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 13th May, 1963, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a woman, who was dangerously ill, from Aran to the mainland at Rossaveel. As no other boat was available for the passage, the honorary secretary agreed that the lifeboat should be used. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson put out at 3.30 with the patient and the doctor on board in a very strong westerly wind and a very rough sea. It was just after low water. When the life-boat reached the mainland a team of doctors with a special ambulance were waiting to perform an emergency operation on the woman, who was then taken to hospital.

The life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 7.30..