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This from the Aberdeen Press & Journal @
http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1262684?UserKey=Crew rescued as tug capsizes
Brake vessel to barge gets into difficulties then sinks near Peterhead harbour
By John Thomson
Published: 15/06/2009
Three crew members of a tug were rescued after the vessel capsized yesterday near the entrance to Peterhead harbour.
The Dutch-registered Ysselstroom was one of two tugs assisting the barge Tak Boa 1, carrying a cargo of stone from Sweden, into the port.
She was acting as a brake vessel at the stern, while another tug towed the barge at the front, when she got into difficulties.
The alarm was raised at about 4.30am and Aberdeen Coastguard alerted vessels in the area and requested the launch of Peterhead lifeboat.
Before the lifeboat could become involved, a harbour pilot boat picked up the three crewmen from the water and brought them ashore.
The tug remained partly submerged for a short time and then sank in about 80ft of water about 500 yards from the harbour entrance.
The crew, two Dutchmen and a Scot, were shocked but uninjured.
The maritime and coastguard agency said last night it was too early to speculate on the cause of the capsize. A spokeswoman said:
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