At 3.20 p.m. on 28th October, 1966, the local doctor requested the services of the life-boat for a patient on Inishere Island who needed hospital treatment.

The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompsonleft her moorings at 3.45. The patient was embarked and landed at Rossaveel for transfer to hospital by ambulance.

The life-boat returned to her moorings at 10 o'clock..