He decided to abort the trip and return to port but on their way back the Diamond hit a rock and sank in the West Burra Firth. The skipper survived the incident despite being in the water for almost an hour but Scollay drowned. The MAIB found
Shetland Coastguard received a Mayday call from the boat at about 02:55, reporting that it had hit rocks on the approach to West Burrafirth Pier. A local boat, Diana Maxwell, recovered one man from the water. A second was recovered by the Aith