Stronsay, Orkneys - At 11.30 p.m.

on 8th January, 1967, the surgeon of Kirkwall hospital informed the honorary secretary that a child at North Ronaldsay was suffering from acute appendicitis and should be transferred to hospital immediately.

The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman was launched at one minute past midnight in a gentle westerly wind and a slight sea. It was two and a halfhours after high water. She proceeded to North Ronaldsay where the child, and her parents were embarked.

The life-boat then proceeded for Kirkwall, arriving at 6 a.m. The patient and her parents were taken to hospital in a waiting ambulance. At 6.10 the life-boat sailed for Stronsay, arriving back on station at 8.10..