Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 8.8. p.m. on loth August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that two boys had been cut off by the tide south of Clarach. At 9.12 the inshore rescue boat launched in a gentle south-westerly breeze and choppy sea. The tide was flooding.

Using a kedge anchor, she succeeded in taking the boys on board. One of the boys, who was badly cut, was transferred to a speedboat which had accompanied the inshore rescue boat on this service. The inshore rescue boat returned to her station at 9.50. The two boys were taken to hospital suffering from shock and abrasions..