The Greek ferry rescue has been mentioned. That event was a non SAR trained crew, under extremely dangerous conditions for all concerned, and quite rightly garnered some Bravery awards. Some SAR crew is out in Sh1tty weather most days, and I bet if you asked Claire whether that mission was particularly outstanding she could think of a few others during her 771 time that were more exciting, but got less press attention.
On another note, did you know that the rescued man is in jail now, cause he pinched the yacht!