Swanage, Dorset - At 7.53 p.m. on 16th May, 1970, the coastguard told the assistant honorary secretary that a girl was injured on the cliff half a mile west of Anvil point. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 8.5. It was three hours after high water. At 8.20 she reached the supposed position.

The cliff rescue team were above them but were unable to help.

The girl, a member of a club climbing team, had fallen about 25 feet on to rocks. Three crew members from the life-boat went ashore in the inflatable dinghy, carried aboard the the life-boat, and rendered first aid.

The girl was taken by stretcher over the rocks and ferried in the dinghy to the life-boat. The life-boat took her and one of her companions back to Swanage where she was met and examined by a doctor. She was then taken by ambulance to hospital. The life-boat returned to her station at 9.20..