Galway Bay. At 10 p.m. on 3rd April, 1965, a nurse on Inishere Island informed the honorary secretary that a doctor was required for a maternity case.

As all the local boats were aground because it was low water it was decided to send the life-boat with the doctor on board to the island. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson proceeded at eleven o'clock in a fresh south-easterly breeze and a rough sea. The doctor decided after examining the woman that she required hospital treatment and the life-boat conveyed her and the doctor to Galway Docks, where they were landed. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 8 o'clock on the 4th April..