ENGINEER INJURED St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 10.55 a.m. on igth August, 1965, news came that the motor vessel Richmond Castle had an injured man on board and had requested medical help. Her position at one o'clock would be eleven miles northwest of St. David's Head. The life-boat Joseph Soar (Civil Service No. 34) was launched with a doctor on board at 11.20, in a light westerly wind and a slight sea.

The tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the Richmond Castle at 12.30 and the doctor was put aboard, followed by the coxswain. The injured man, a junior engineer officer, had head injuries and was unconscious. He was lowered on a stretcher into the life-boat, which reached St. David's at 2 p.m. The man was then conveyed to hospital by helicopter..