Pumped out fishing boat leaves
(Picture: Craig Taylor)
The Peterhead registered fishing boat which was at the centre of an emergency when it started taking in water to the east of Orkney yesterday morning left Orkney last night, bound for its home port.
Pumps were put on board the Tranquility yesterday morning by the Shetland based Coastguard search and rescue helicopter and by Kirkwall Lifeboat, which then escorted the stricken vessel into Kirkwall, where the local Fire and Rescue Service were also called in to pump water from the boat.
Following an inspection by divers yesterday, the cause of the ingress of water was discovered and a temporary repair was made, which enabled the boat to leave Kirkwall for Peterhead last night.