The John Gellatly Hyndman, a 52ft Burnett relief lifeboat on temporary duty at St Peter Port, under the command of Coxswain John Petit, on service to the oil rig Orion which ran aground on the north-west shore of Guernsey when she parted from her tug in storm force winds on the night of February I , 1978. Having taken off two men that night, the lifeboat returned on February 10, in continuing gales, to take off the salvage crew of six. Orion was eventually safely freed from the rocks and went on her way. A fine example of international co-operation: an American oil rig under tow of a German tug bound from Rotterdam to Brazil; the salvage company was Dutch, the rescue services British..