Aberdeen's Arun class lifeboat was on service for almost seven hours in gale force winds when the fishing vessel Ceol-na-Mara sprang a leak some 30 miles from the station.The Arun, BP Forties, was launched at 0430 on 12 February 1995 following reports that the fishing vessel was taking water and in need of assistance.

No Scottish-based helicopters were available, but one had been scrambled from RAF Bulmer.

With the wind from the west at Force 7 to 8 the lifeboat made good time to the casualty's position and arrived there at 0640, just after the helicopter had lowered a pump. At the scene the seas were rough, with a swell more than 5m high.

The additional pump stabilised the situation and Ceol-na-Mara was able to head for home under her own power with the lifeboat standing by.

The trip back, into the weather, was slow, and it was three-and-a-half hours later that the lifeboat and casualty arrived in the shelter of Aberdeen harbour..