The French coastguard has said it received a man overboard distress message shortly after midnight on Saturday and a French navy helicopter H160 based in Maupertus It was supported by an offshore rescue vessel from Goury along with a RNLI lifeboat from Alderney and a Channel Islands Air Search plane A French coastguard spokesman said: “The H160 helicopter finds the person in its search area and hoists them out “The helicopter lands at the Tourlaville rescue centre where a medical team declares the death.” Subscribe free to our weekly newsletter for exclusive and original coverage from ITV News Want a quick and expert briefing on the biggest news stories Listen to our latest podcasts to find out What You Need To Know… By Sam Wong the subject of today’s Google doodle She played an important role in setting up hospitals in the first world war and pioneered new procedures for treating cervical and rectal cancers Aldrich-Blake obtained her master of surgery degree from the University of London in 1895 She went on to work at the New Hospital for Women and Children and was the first woman to hold various posts at the Royal Free Hospital in London she published an article in the British Medical Journal reporting a new procedure for removing cancerous growths from the rectum she led a group of women who established a hospital at Château Tourlaville near Cherbourg she wrote to all the women on the medical register and recruited 80 to work in hospitals in Malta she did double duties at Royal Free Hospital in London and worked in war hospitals in France during her holidays She was recognised by being named a Dame in 1925 and died of cancer later that year “Miss Aldrich-Blake qualified at a time when opposition to women in the profession was still very marked, and here again she was a source of strength to the cause,” wrote Maud Chadburn “Any work she did was sure to be good; her serenity and self-reliance could stand the jars undisturbed which might have upset the even tenor of work for many people.”