A lifeboat had to be called out, battling three-metre-tall waves, to rescue a fishing vessel in the North Sea over the weekend.
The Bon Accord was sent from Aberdeen to aid the 16-metre-long Radiant on Friday night.
It suffered an engine failure around nine miles north-east of the city.
After deciding how best to lead the Radiant to safety, the lifeboat crew towed it back to Aberdeen through 25 knot winds, which were producing waves two and three metres tall.
The vessel was brought alongside to a berth at the city’s harbour with the lifeboat returning to the station at 4.15am on Saturday.
No-one was hurt during the incident.
Michael Cowlam, coxswain of the Aberdeen lifeboat on the service, said: ‘Aberdeen’s Severn class lifeboat is ideally suited to this kind of rescue.
“Her weight and power mean she is well equipped to tow vessels of this size.”
