Montrose, Angus. At 9.15 on the morning of the llth October, 1961, the ex-coxswain of the life-boat, Mr. James Paton, heard his son, who is the present coxswain, calling by radio for the help of the life-boat. The son at the time was fishing in his boat Rosemary in Mont- rose bay, where another fishing boat, Hazel, had fouled her propeller with nets. The life-boat The Good Hope was launched at 9.35 with Mr. James Paton in command in a fresh south- westerly breeze and a rough sea. It was two and a half hours before low water.

In the meantime the fishing boat Rose- mary had made towards harbour, and she met the life-boat at the mouth of the river South Esk. There Mr. Paton's son assumed command of the life-boat, and Mr. Paton himself went aboard the Rosemary and took her into harbour.

The life-boat found the Hazel with a crew of two and took her in tow, arriving at Montrose harbour at 12.50..