Wick, Caithness-shire - At 3.50 p.m.

on r6th September, 1966, a message was received that a doctor was required by the U.S. salvage vessel Kittiwake which was on passage to Dogger Bank to search for a sunken German submarine. The life-boat Thomas McGunn, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 4 o'clock with a doctor on board. There was a strong west north westerly wind and a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing.

She proceeded to Freshwick Bay and transferred the doctor to the Kittiwake.

The life-boat returned to her station at 6.50..