Aberdeen, Scotland. At 11.15 on the night of the 27th of October, 1959, the trawler David Ogilvie of Aberdeen was reported to have broken adrift from her moorings in the River Dee. Attempts to take her in tow were made by a pilot cutter and a local tug, but these were unsuccessful and the trawler finally grounded on the south side of the channel. As no one was thought to be on board efforts were not made to refloat her at that time, but at three o'clock in the morning the police reported that they had failed to locate the vessel's watchman. It was therefore decided to launch the no. 1 life-boat Ramsay Dyce, which put out at 4.2 in a north-north-easterly gale. The sky was overcast and there were rain squalls.

Two of the life-boat crew boarded the trawler and found the watchman asleep in the engine room. He was taken off, and the life-boat returned to her moorings at 5.30. At 7.35 the life-boat put out again to try to refloat the trawler, which was a danger to naviga- tion, for no other vessels were available to carry out this task in the weather conditions prevailing. The coxswain put five men aboard, including two of the trawler's engineers, and the David Ogilvie was eventually refloated at 8.45.With the help of the life-boat a local tug took the trawler in tow and berthed her in Torry dock. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 9.35.

1st Service : rewards to the crew, £8 15s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 12s. 2nd Service : property salvage case..