Stromness, Orkneys - At n.i a.m.

on 28th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Norwegian motor vessel Kings Star of Allesumd was ashore on the north shoal.

The life-boat Archibald and Alexander M.

Paterson was launched at 11.13 a-m- in a light south-south-easterly wind and a smooth sea. It was low water. She reached the casualty at 1.33 p.m. and found that most of the crew were in their ship's boats and in no danger. She went alongside the casualty and the coxswain went aboard. The master informed him that he had ordered a tug, which was coming from Middlesbrough, but it would not arrive until after midnight. The vessel was badly holed and he asked that pumps be sent as soon as possible. At the request of the life-boat pumps were obtained from the fire service and conveyed to the casualty in local fishing boats. At 2.25 the casualty slid off the rocks and the coxswain offered to escort her to Stromness.

The life-boat picked up the seamen and took the ship's boats in tow to Stromness.

She returned to her station at 6.p.m..