At 11.30 a.m. on 24th March, 1967, the local nurse told the honorary secretary that an expectant mother needed to be conveyed to hospital from Kilronan.

There was a strong south westerly wind with a rough sea. It was two hours before low water. The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson embarked the patient and nurse and proceeded at 12.30 p.m. The patient was landed at Rossaveel and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 4 o'clock..