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Bonnie Lass

ASHORE ON ROCKS At 10.12 a.m. on iTth June, 1965, the skipper of the motor fishing vessel Kindred Star told the coxswain of the life-boat that the motor fishing vessel Bonnie Lass was ashore on the Sheugh Rocks about half a mile north of the river Tyne. The life-boat Margaret left her moorings at 10.25 in a gentle westerly breeze and a slight sea. It was one hour and a half before low water. The Bonnie Lass was high and dry but in no immediate danger. The life-boat stood by until there was sufficient water to refloat the Bonnie Lass and returned to her station at 1.58 p.m..