St. Abbs, Berwickshire. At 7.57 on the evening of the 15th of November, 1958, the coxswain received a message that the motor vessel Nyon of Basle was ashore three and a half miles north- west of St. Abbs Head. At 8.15 the life-boat W. Ross Macarthur of Glasgow was launched in calm weather and dense fog. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat went alongside the vessel, and the coxswain was asked to stand by until high water and to await the arrival of a tug. The life-boat stood by throughout the night, and at five o'clock in the morning the tug George Fsent a wireless message that she was two miles off St.

Abbs Head and wanted to be given a course to the casualty. The life-boat went to meet the tug. The second coxswain went aboard her and piloted the tug to the position of the Nyon. The life-boat stood by for a time and then returned to her station, which she reached at 9.30. During the next eleven days the life-boat was launched more than a dozen times and stood by while attempts were made to refloat the Nyon.

She also conveyed the vessel's crew and their personal belongings to St. Abbs.

The Nyon was eventually cut in two by the salvage team, and the stern portion of the vessel was refloated by four tugs and towed to the Tyne. The bow portion was abandoned on the rocks.

Rewards to the crew, £211 5s. ; rewards to the helpers an shore, £45 10s..