STRUCK ROCK At 5.40 p.m. on 28th May, 1966, the trawler Welsh Consort struck a rock at the entrance to Castlebay Harbour when leaving. She blew her siren continuously and the life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 was launched at 6 p.m.

There was a light northerly wind and a smooth sea. It was three hours after high water. She stood by until 1.30 a.m., when the casualty refloated herself, and then escorted her to an anchorage. The lifeboat returned to her station at 3 o'clock.

The trawler had been holed, but her own pumps were able to cope, and she sailed for Milford Haven with an escort vessel at 3.15..