St. Marys, Scilly Islands - At 9.43 a.m. on 21st October, 1968, the honorary secretary learnt that the captain of the tanker Oscilla was in a coma and had to be brought ashore.

The life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter, with a doctor on board, was launched at 10.4. The tide was ebbing. The captain was embarked and the lifeboat returned to her station at 12.35p.m. The captain's life was saved by the life-boat..