At 4.25 a.m. on 23rd June, 1967, it was learned that a helicopter was flying at first light to bring ashore the Lundy island lighthouse keeper who was suffering from second degree burns. The life-boat Louisa Anne Hawker slipped her moorings at 4.45 in a gentle north easterly breeze and a smooth sea. The tide was flooding.

The life-boat took up a position between Baggy Point and Lundy to await the helicopter. After the helicopter had passed safely over, the life-boat returned to her moorings, arriving at 7 o'clock..