CLIFF RESCUE Life-boats are often called to rescue people trapped in difficult situations, and on 28th February, 1971, an anticipatory message was received at 3.9 p.m. from the Coastguard reporting that a cliff climber was in difficulties at Queener Point near Plymouth.

At 6.3 a further message was received from the Coastguard requesting the services of the life-boat to pick up the stranded climber. As the Coastguard rescue company were unable to haul the climber up the cliff face due to crumbling rock the life-boat Thomas Forehead andMary Rowse slipped her moorings at Plymouth at 6.17. There was a moderate east north easterly breeze with a corresponding sea.

She reached the scene at 6.55 and two members of the crew took the boarding boat to the base of the cliff. The climber and a member of the rescue company were embarked in the boarding boat and transferred to the life-boat.

The two men were landed at Cremyll, and the life-boat returned to her station at 8.30 p.m..