Out of retirement!Once a lifeboat, always a lifeboat - or at least ready to help when needed. The 52ft Barnett class exlifeboat Ramsey Dyce, formerly stationed at Aberdeen and Lochinver, was supposed to have retiredin!985butreturned briefly to her old calling on 3 May this year.

While she was in the Oban area with a party of divers the coastguard requested that any vessels in the vicinity of Ardmucknish Bay look out for a small boat with five divers aboard which had experienced engine failure. Ramsey Dyce was nearby and soon had the casualty alongside. The inflatable was towed to the nearest harbour at Dunstaffnage Bay and the divers were landed safely..