Scarborough's D class inflatable was called on to land an injured seaman from a Dutch trawler on 10 August 1988.

Although winds were only light a thick fog reduced visibility to only 100 yards during the operation, which had to be carried out by the Inflatable after the station's Oakley picked up a rope around one of her propellers.

The seaman, who had a back injury caused by a line in use on the trawler, is pictured being helped ashore to a waiting ambulance.

He was discharged after treatment.

(Scarborough Evening News).