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Petunia

DRIFTING VESSEL Montrose, Angus. At 8.55 p.m. on 29th May, 1964, a Ferry den resident informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Petunia had drifted on to the Annat bank. Five minutes later the fishing vessel floated off but then drifted seaward on the ebb tide with her engine broken down. The life-boat The Good Hope was launched at 9.10 in a light variable wind, a calm sea, and poor visibility. She found the Petunia with a crew of four and took her in tow to the jetty. The life-boat reached her station at 945-.