Life-boat 70-001, Bristol Channel - At 8.40 p.m. on I2th October, 1966, the staff-coxswain of the 70-foot life-boat was told that there was a sick man on the South Lundy lighthouse and asked if he could take a doctor to Lundy island. It was thought that a helicopter from the R.A.F. station at Chivenor would probably take the doctor but the life-boat should stand by to assist. The life-boat established contact with Chivenor and arranged to stand by in case it was necessary to transfer the patient to her.

The life-boat Charles H. Barren (Civil Service No. 35} weighed anchor at 9.15 in a gale force south east by easterly wind and a rough sea. She was in visual contact with the helicopter until it landed onLundy island and then stood by off Rat island. The helicopter crew then reported that they were conveying the patient to the mainland. The life-boat proceeded to a position until the helicopter reported that she was landing the patient and then returned to her anchorage in Clovelly Roads, arriving at 1.40 a.m. on I3th October..