Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. At 8.20 a.m. on 26th September, 1965, a report was received that the m.f.v. Good Tidings of Lerwick was leaking five miles east of Fraserburgh. At 8.35 the life-boat Thomas McCunn, on temporary duty at the station, launched in a wind that was gusting to gale force from the south-east, and a rough sea. The tide was flooding.

The life-boat escorted the m.f.v. Good Tidings to the harbour and returned to her station at 11.50 a.m..