Three sailors were rescued after their boat ran out of fuel off the coast of Dundee.
Members of Broughty Ferry RNLI received a call shortly before 1am on Saturday to respond to a small boat in distress.
The three men encountered problems after their vessel ran out of petrol, leaving them helpless.
A RNLI spokesman confirmed: “On reaching the boat the volunteer crew found that there were three men on board thankfully all well, however their boat had run out of fuel rendering them helpless in the dark and blustery conditions.
“The lifeboat crew established a towline to the boat before towing it back to Broughty Ferry Harbour arriving there 46 minutes after the call was made.
“The men were transferred to dry land before being offered sea safety advice to assist them in the future by the local Lifeboat Operations Manager.
“The RNLI crew then returned to station by 2am where the lifeboat was made ready to respond to any other calls.”
