West Mersea, Essex. At about 4.30 p.m. on 2oth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three people were stranded on a sandbank at Point Gear on the River (Seine. At 4.30 the IRB launched in a ftesh north-westerly breeze and slight lea. It was one hour after high water.

Ihe IRB took the three persons, off the tondbank, and landed them on the mainland side of the creek where an ambuwas waiting to take one of the rescued persons to hospital for an examination, as they had attempted to swim to safety before being rescued. The IRB returned to her station at 6 p.m..