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On the 26th January the Life-boat Mary Frederick was again called out for service. Signals having been seen, in very foggy weather, the crew of the Lifeboat were summoned. The boat was launched at 6.30 A.M., and proceeded through a strong sea to the steamer Dundee, of Glasgow, bound from Grangemonth for Rotterdam with a general cargo. The master of the vessel sent the whole of his crew ashore in the ship's large boat, but he and his officers remained on board the steamer, requesting that the Life-boat should stand by them until communication had been effected with Lloyd's Agent. On his arrival with the officer of Coastguard it was decided to abandon the ship, as the seas were sweeping her decks and it was evident that she was doomed. The captain and the three other officers therefore got into the Life-boat and were landed at the North Landing at 11 A.M. The steamer became a total wreck..