Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 11.50 p.m. on i6th December, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a patient required hospital treatment and requested that the life-boat be used. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 proceeded at 12.22 a.m. with thesick woman on board. There was a gentle variable wind and a smooth sea. The lifeboat conveyed the patient to South Uist where she was landed and taken to hospital.

The life-boat returned to her station at 7.10..