Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4 a.m. on 22nd January, 1966, the harbour master received a radio telephone call from the German trawler Braunschweig asking for medical assistance for a member of the crew who had been injured and was bleeding profusely. The life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched at 4.55 with the honorary medical adviser on board.

There was a south easterly wind of gale force and the sea was rough. It was one hour before low water. The life-boat stood by the trawler while the doctor went on board to administer medical aid, and he decided to transfer the patient to the life-boat which brought him ashore.

The life-boat returned to her station at 7.50..