The 100-year-old Dutch clipper De Tukker ran aground on a sandbank at the entrance to Amble Harbour, after a tide miscalculation. Amble’s D class Mildred Holcroft crew passed a tow rope from the Mersey class The Four Boys to get the 40m vessel afloat before gales hit. The crews had to be very careful in case the clipper swung suddenly on her anchor and hit the harbour wall. Once it was confirmed there was no water ingress, she was guided out to deeper water.