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The Norwegian Navy Boats Aksel and Arthur

AUGUST 15TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 6.37 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Kinnaird Head that a small motor boat was ashore three-quarters of a mile south of Inzie Head, and that another boat was standing by and attempting to tow her off.

The boats were kept under observation, and at 12.5 P.M. the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy was launched. The weather was fine, but foggy. The life-boat found that the boats were the Aksel and Arthur, both of the Norwegian navy. The boat which had been stranded was now afloat and being towed by the other, but she was leaking badly and had a good deal of water in her engine-room and hold. The life-boat helped to tow her into harbour. There a fire engine pumped her dry, and she was put in dry dock. The life-boat returned to her station at 1.30 P.M. - Property salvage case.