GIRL RESCUED Exmouth, South Devon. At 5.25 p.m. on 17th April, 1965, two canoes were reported in trouble off Langstone Rock near Dawlish. The life-boat Michael Stephens was launched at 6.10 in a northwesterly gale and moderate sea. The lifeboat, in conjunction with a helicopter which had also been called out, searched the area. A fourteen-year-old girl was lifted into the helicopter and taken to a hospital in Exeter where she was treated for shock. The canoe was recovered by the life-boat, which then proceeded to search for the second canoe and occupant.

At 7.53 the life-boat was informed that the occupant of the second canoe was safe, and she then returned to her station at 8.50 p.m..