Lerwick, Shetlands - At 10.58 p.m.

on 8th May, 1967, it was reported that the motor fishing vessel Day Dawn of Lerwick had broken down off Bard Head, Bressay, and was in danger of being driven on to the rocks. The life-boat Claude Cecil Staniforth slipped her moorings at 11.23 in a fresh west south westerly wind and a moderate sea. It was shortly before high water. She reached the casualty, which carried a crew of five, at 11.55. A rope was secured and she was taken in tow to Lerwick. The life-boat returned to her moorings at 1.15 a.m. on 9th May..