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The Motor Fishing Smack Energy

JULY 15TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.

At 2.15 A.M. the KinnairdHead coastguard reported a vessel ashore, firing signals of distress, a quarter of a mile west of Cairnbulg lookout. A light N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a smooth sea and fog.

The motor life-boat John Russell, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 2.45 A.M., and found the motor fishing smack Energy, of Trangisvaag, Faroe Islands, loaded with fish. She was on rocks and her crew of six had taken to the ship’s boat. The lifeboat took them on board and returned to her station, arriving at 4.15 A.M. - Rewards, £9 1s..