Portpatrick, Wigtownshire - At 12.55 P-m- on Jyth Julys 1966, the m.f.v.

King Fergus was reported to have had engine failure north of Killintringan lighthouse. The life-boat The Jeanie left her moorings at 1.6 in a gentle northnorth- westerly wind and a slight sea. It was one and a half hours after high water.

She reached the casualty at 1.20 and towed her to Portpatrick. The life-boat returned to her station at 1.55..