North-west England Peel, Isle of Man. At 9.25 p.m. on 2 ist March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Auguste Schulte of Hamburg had on board a sick man who might require medical attention. The life-boat crew were assembled and at 10.25 l

There was a moderate east-south-easterly breeze with a smooth sea and it was low water. The life-boat Helena Harris—Manchester and District XXXI launched at 10.35 with the station honorary medical advisor on board and reached the Auguste Schulte two miles off Peel. After examination by the doctor the sick man was transferred to the life-boat and taken to Peel where an ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The life-boat returned to her station at 1.15 a.m..