Dunottar Castle
Barra Island, Hebrides. At 8.20 on the evening of the 17th of November, 1959, the parents of two fishermen aboard the motor fishing vessel Dunottar Castle told the honorary secretary they were worried about their sons, who had left early in the morning and had not returned. At 8.50 the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3 left her moorings in a rough sea. A strong south-easterly wind was blowing and it was one hour after low water. The fishing vessel was found off Sandray Island about four miles from Castle Bay. Her engine had broken down, and the life-boat took her in tow to Vatersay Island, reaching her station at 11.30. Rewards to the crew, £12 15s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 15s..