At 4.30 p.m. on I4th April, 1967, news was received that the fishing boat Lively Hope had stranded north east of Amble harbour without fuel. The life-boat Millie Walton was launched at 9 o'clock in dense fog in a light north-westerly wind and a moderate sea. The tide was ebbing.

Contact was made with the casualty at 9.50 and 50 gallons of oil were transferred from the life-boat. The Lively Hope then proceeded under her own power to North Shields. The life-boat returned to her station at n o'clock..