HEARD RADIO MESSAGE At 3.55 p.m. on 27th July, 1964, the second coxswain of the life-boat told the honorary secretary that a message had been picked up from Radio Caroline, a broadcasting station on board the motor vessel Mi Amiga, that a sick member of the crew needed medical attention ashore.

There was a gentle southerly breeze with a slight sea and the tide was two hours after high water. At 4.25 the life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, proceeded to the Mi Amiga and took on board the sick man. He was later taken ashore and driven by ambulance to hospital.

The life-boat returned to her station at 5.37..