Longhope, Orkneys. At 3.32 p.m. on 23rd July, 1965, the motor vessel Ferndene of Sunderland was reported to have developed a dangerous list. She was off the north coast of Stroma island and her crew of seven had inflated a life-raft in preparation for leaving their ship. As visibility was poor because of fog it was decided that the life-boat T.G.B. should proceed immediately, to avoid the possibility of having to search for a life-raft if the vessel foundered. The T.G.B. was launched at 3.56 in light easterly airs and a slight sea. It was three hours after low water. The life-boat reached the Ferndene at 4.44 and found her anchored at the island awaiting the tide. Her list had been corrected by flooding her ballast tanks, but her skipper asked the life-boat to stand by. At 6.5 the Ferndene got underway and was escorted by the life-boat across the Pentland Firth to the sheltered waters at Cantick Head. The life-boat reached her station at 7.3 p.m..