A crew of five men were rescued after their fishing vessel broke down off the North-east coast.
The fishermen called for help when their boat lost power and hydraulics three miles south east of Peterhead last night.
The RNLI lifeboat from Peterhead was launched to recover the boat at 9.50pm.
The lifeboat towed the fishing boat and crew back to Peterhead harbour.
An RNLI spokesman said: “The Peterhead Tamar Lifeboat ‘The Misses Robertson of Kintail’ was requested to launch by Aberdeen Coastguard on Friday, October 28 at 9.50pm with its volunteer crew, to assist a broken down 83 foot fishing boat Consortium with 5 male occupants on board lying three nautical miles south-east of Peterhead.
“The lifeboat took the casualty in tow, and recovered it to a berth inside Peterhead harbour.
“The crew of the Consortium expressed their gratitude, and praised the lifeboat crew for a job well done.”
Five rescued by north-east lifeboat after power failure
