Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 11.40 a.m. on i6th February, 1967, cattle were reported to be trapped by the incoming tide among the groynes and rocks to the north of Llanaber Holt, about one and a half miles north of Barmouth. The life-boat The Chieftain was launched at noon in a light south westerly wind and a heavy ground swell.

It was high water. She proceeded to the position indicated and when she arrived on the scene a rescue operation was being carried out from the shore. There was a possibility of the heavy swell, on the turn of the tide, endangering life during the rescue operation. The life-boat therefore stood by until the danger had passed.

The Chieftain returned to her station at 1.20..