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The Motor Fishing Vessels Elegant and Iris

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.56 on the afternoon of the 23rd of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Elegant was standing by the motor fishing vessel Iris of Buckle, which was leaking and making little headway five miles east-by-north of Peterhead. At 3.12 a further message was received that the Elegant had taken the Iris in tow and was making for Peterhead. At 3.15 the life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow left her moorings in a strong westerly wind. It was two hours before high water. The life-boat met the vessels and escorted them to harbour, arriving back at her station at 3.55. Rewards to the crew, £9 ; re- wards to the helpers on shore, £3 8s..