Aith, Shetlands. At 5.40 p.m. on nth November, 1965, a man told the honorary secretary that he had seen a green flare just west of the Island of Vementry. It was one hour to high water when the life-boat John and Francis MacFarlam put out at 6.30 in a gentle north-easterly breeze and a choppy sea to search an area west of the Island of Vermentry. Further information was received that a lobster boat with two men on board was missing, so the lifeboat began to search an area between Manganess Voe and Papa Sound using a searchlight, but at 11.30 it was decided to abandon the search.

At 10.45 a-m- tne following day the honorary secretary decided to continue the search for the missing lobster boat.

The life-boat set out at 11.5 in a fresh south-easterly breeze and a moderate sea.

The tide was flooding. At 12.10 p.m.

the life-boat located the motor vessel Edna which was drifting helplessly as she had fouled her propeller with her dinghy's rope. The life-boat towed the vessel to a safe anchorage and returned to her station at 1.15 p.m..