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Taygrove

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — At 7.50 on the morning of the 31st of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a motor yacht appeared to need help one and a half miles north-east-by- east of Peterhead, and five minutes later stated that she was flying a redflag. At 8.5 the life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched in a moderate sea with a strong southerly breeze blowing, and found the motor yacht Taygrove, of Dundee, with a crew of five. Her engine had broken down, and the life-boat towed her to Peterhead, reaching her station again at 9.16.—Rewards, £7 17s..