Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 2.50 a.m. on 4th September, 1966, the motor fishing vessel Lady of the Isles was overdue. The life-boat R.A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 slipped her moorings at 3.25 in a gale force south westerly wind and a rough sea. The tide was at half ebb. The Lady of the Isles had left the isle of Canna at 5 p.m. the previous day and had not been seen since. The life-boat found her sheltering in Loch Boisdale and escorted her to Castlebay. The life-boat then returned to her station, arriving at 10.30..