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Coromandel

19-hour service Dunbar lifeboat was involved in a 19-hour struggle to recover the stricken vessel Coromandel after it became stranded 25 miles east of Eyemouth in Berwickshire. The lifeboat crew endured conditions so rough that one member had to be airlifted to hospital with severe dehydration brought about by seasickness. The Coromandel was towed 70 miles to safety at Leith..