At 3.15 p.m. on ist February, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient on Inishere Island suffering from acute appendicitis, who required immediate hospital treatment, and that no other suitable boat was available.

The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson set course at 4.15 in a south easterly gale force wind and a rough sea. The patient was taken aboard at Inishere and landed at Rossaveel on the mainland where an.

ambulance was waiting to take him to hospital. The life-boat returned to her station at 10.15 p.m..