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The Motor Ferry Boat Colonsay

Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At ten o'clock on the night of the 12th of June, 1952, a resident of Bonahaven reported that a motor boat had run ashore half a mile from Bonahaven, and at 10.20 the life-boat Charlotte Elizabeth left her moorings. The sea was calm, the weather fine, but it was foggy. The life-boat found the motor ferry boat Colonsay, of Colonsay, bound from Port Askaig to Colonsay, with mail and three persons on board. She towed her clear. As the ferry boat was not damaged, she went on her way, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 12.15 the next morning.The owner made a donation to the Institution.—Rewards, £5 16s..