Life-boat 70-002 at Scapa pier, Orkney -At 11.30 a.m. on 18th April, 1969, a man was seen by a member of the life-boat crew to fall from the end of Scapa pier into the sea. The IRB carried aboard the life-boat was launched at 11.31. The tide was ebbing. The man at first refused to allow himself to be picked up by the IRB. However, 20 minutes later, when the effects of the prolonged immersion had taken toll of his strength, he was taken aboard the IRB and landed at Scapa, where an ambulance and a doctor were waiting to take him to hospital. The IRB returned to the life-boat at noon..