Wick, Caithness - At 8.52 p.m. on 27th March, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a trawler had grounded hard and fast on the Louther Skerries. At 9.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat came up with the trawler James Barrie at 11.10 and stood by the vessel. At 6.30 a.m. on 28th March, with her boiler-room flooded, the trawler rolled heavily to starboard and the order was given to abandon ship. The life-boat closed with the trawler and with the aid of life-rafts the crew of 21 were taken on board and landed at Wick. The life-boat returned to her station at 10.15..