Portpatrick, Wigtownshire. At 6.37 p.m. on ipth January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Royal National Life-boat Institution's reserve life-boat Edward Z Dresden (O.N. 707) on passage from Workington to Islay was aground at the north end of Luce Bay and required assistance.

The Portpatrick life-boat Jeanie proceeded at 6.58 in a strong south easterly breeze and rough sea, two and a half hours after low water. The Portpatrick life-boat came up with the reserve life-boat, which had by now refloated on the flooding tide, and took her in tow towards Portpatrick until the tow rope broke. The reserve life-boat then proceeded to Portpatrick under her own steam escorted by the Portpatrick lifeboat, where they both arrived at 2.15 a.m..