Star of Freedom
Portpatrick, Wigtownshire - At 8.11 p.m. on 9th May, 1967, it was learned that the fishing vessel Star of Freedom had engine trouble and was drifting seven miles south by east of Portpatrick. The life-boat Henry Blogg, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at 8.20 in a moderate south westerly wind and a slight sea. It was two hours after low water. The life-boat found the casualty at 9.28 and took her in tow to Portpatrick. She returned to her moorings at 11.55..