MOTHER WAS ILL At 9.30 p.m. on 2nd June, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that H.M.S. Malcolm was due to arrive off Scarborough at 10 p.m. and had to land a rating who needed to see his seriously ill mother. The high tide and fresh northeast breeze made the harbour entrance dangerous to ordinary shoreboats though the open sea was moderate. Consequently the life-boat J. G. Graves of Sheffield was launched at 9.35, reaching H.M.S.

Malcolm four miles east by south of the harbour. The rating was transferred to the life-boat and on reaching the harbour he was taken in a police car to hospital. The life-boat returned to her station at 10.40..