Amble, Northumberland. At 4.42 on the afternoon of the 9th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that two men had been seen cling- ing to a dinghy which had capsized at the north end of Coquet Island. There was a light west-north-westerly breeze with a slight sea. Five minutes later the life-boat Millie Walton put out on a flooding tide. When she reached the area of search the position of the cap- sized boat was indicated by a helicopter.

The lifeboat found the dinghy Sgiandubh, rescued her crew of two and took the dinghy in tow. The dinghy later broke adrift but was towed by a fishing coble into port. The rescued men were landed, and the life-boat returned to her moor- ings at 5.30..