Very early on the 19th October the auxiliary yacht Ben Hiant, of Stornoway, pleasure cruising with four persons on board, was sheltering in Campbeltown Loch. A whole N.W. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. The weather was thick and squally. The yacht's anchor failed to hold and she began to drag ashore. Her signals of distress were seen, and the motor life-boat City of Glasgow was launched at 1.15 A.M. With considerable difficulty the life-boat was manoeuvred near her, and managed to pass her a tow-rope. She towed the yacht and her crew to the safety of the pier, arriving at 2.15 A.M.

The boarding boat had been sunk by the severity of the gale, and the life- boat had to remain moored to the pier until the morning of the 20th.— Property Salvage Case..