At 6.35 p.m. on 30th July, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Icelandic vessel Magnus IV had engine trouble and required a tow.

The life-boat The Duchess of Kent was launched at 6.56 in a fresh north-westerly wind and a moderate sea. It was low water.

When the life-boat arrived at 7.55 a trawler was already taking the casualty in tow. The life-boat stood by until 8.23, then returned to her station, arriving at 9.30..