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Troubled fishing boat safely home | |
(about 21 hours later) | |
A fishing boat which was taking on water in the North Sea has safely made its way home under its own power. | |
The Peterhead-registered Lapwing, with six crew on board, got into difficulties about 30 miles north north east of the town on Monday morning. | The Peterhead-registered Lapwing, with six crew on board, got into difficulties about 30 miles north north east of the town on Monday morning. |
A helicopter from Shetland Coastguard took pumping equipment to the boat. | |
An Aberdeen Coastguard spokesman said Lapwing made it back to Peterhead at about 2000 GMT. Sea conditions had been described as rough. | |