On Tuesday morning, October 1, Angle lifeboat was requested to launch to conduct a medical evacuation from a warship just off St Ann’s Head. A 20 year old female was suffering from appendicitis and required to be transferred to hospital for treatment.

The lifeboat launched and located the vessel off the entrance to the port, and soon set about coming alongside the vessel and conducting an underway transfer. The casualty and her colleague were boarded via a pilot ladder, made comfortable and transported back to the Port Authority jetty, where an ambulance was waiting to take her to hospital.

Angle RNLI thanked the crew and commanding officer of the HMS Somerset for their gift of a ship’s crest in gratitude.