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MATERNITY CASE At 5.10 a.m. on 22nd May, 1966, the doctor informed the honorary secretary that there was an expectant mother who needed to be transferred to hospital at South Uist. The life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 5.45 in a moderate south south easterly wind and a smooth sea. The tide was flooding. She landed the woman at Loch Boisdale and returned to her station at 11.55 a-m-.