Bude, Cornwall - At 12.15 P-m. on 30th May, 1966, the IRB was on exercise with a partly trained crew when she received a message that a bather was in difficulties half a mile north west of Bude.

She proceeded immediately in a moderate to fresh north easterly wind and a calm sea. The tide was at half flood. On reaching the casualty - a thirteen year old girl who was unconscious - one of the crew of the IRB left the boat and entered shoulder-deep water approximately 100 yards from the shore. He carried the casualty ashore, at the same time administering mouth-to-mouth resuscitation as he went. Once ashore the beach patrol assisted in resuscitation until the ambulance and a doctor arrived. The patient was then taken to hospital and recovered.

The IRB returned to her station at 12.30 p.m..