At 3.40 p.m. on I5th October, 1966, a patient required urgent hospital treatment.

The life-boat John Gellatly Hyndman with the patient and a nurse on board proceeded at 4.15. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat reached Kirkwall at 6.30 and landed the patient and nurse.

After reembarking the nurse at 8 o'clock, the life-boat left for her station, which was reached at 10.10..