At 4.45 p.m. on 7th July, 1966, a radio message was picked up that the m.f.v.

Angus Rose had run out of fuel 13 miles east-south-east of Scurdyness. The lifeboat The Good Hope was launched at 5 o'clock with a supply of fuel on board.

There was a light wind and a calm sea. It was one and a half hours before high water. She found the fishing vessel in the position given and transferred the fuel.

The casualty's engine could not be started so the life-boat towed her to Montrose, arriving back on station at 9.38..