The gold medal for gallantry has been awarded to Coxswain John B. McLean, of Peterhead, the silver medal to David F. Wiseman, the motor mechanic, and the bronze medal to each of the other six members of the crew for rescuing the crew of three steamers in a gale, with gusts at over 100 miles an hour, heavy seas, "blinding snow and intense cold.

All three steamers had been driven on the rocks; and two of the three rescues were carried out by night. In the course of three days and three nights the life-boatmen were at sea, or standing by on shore, for over 63 hours. This' is the first gold medal to be awarded by the Institution in Scotland for 104 years.