At 10.57 a.m. on I5th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Belgian trawler De Ruyter of Zeebrugge was in need of assistance in St. Ives Bay. The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando, and Eva Child was launched at 11.14 in a strong southerly breeze and rough sea. It was half an hour after low water. At 11.30 the life-boat met the trawler and embarked one of the crew who was suffering from head pains. The life-boat proceeded to St. Ives and landed the man for medical attention and at I p.m. the life-boat returned the man to the trawler. She then returned to her station arriving at 1.45..