LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY NORWEGIAN STEAMER ALL NIGHT Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 7.10 on the evening of the 25th October, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Norwegian steamer Karen of Haugesund needed help off Dunnet Head. The life-boat Pent land (Civil Service No. 31) was launched at 7.25 on a flooding tide. There was a north-by-westerly gale with a very rough sea. The life-boat made for the position given and came up with the casualty at 8.45. The Karen was about five miles off shore and drifting rapidly.

The trawler Caesar was standing by and attempting to pass a tow line by means of rocket line apparatus. The tow was successfully secured at approximately eleven o'clock, by which time the steamer was within half a mile of the coast and the life-boat was preparing to take off her crew. The Caesar decided to tow the Karen to the shelter of Scapa, and the life-boat continued to stand by all night until it was certain there was no further danger. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at two o'clock on the 26th October..