Lerwick, Shetlands. At 10.23 on the night of the 16th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was ashore at the entrance to the north harbour. At 10.37 the life-boat Claude Cecil Staniforth left her moorings at low water in a strong southerly gale and a very rough sea. She found the motor fishing vessel Golden Harvest of Peterhead aground, but before long the fishing vessel refloated, and the life- boat escorted her into harbour. The Golden Harvest was safely moored alongside the quay, and the life-boat returned to her moorings, arriving at 12.15..