Fishing boat rescued after taking on water in Peterhead Harbour on New Year’s Day due to ice machine ‘malfunction’
An Aberdeen Coastguard spokesperson said the issue was linked to a pipe used to transfer ice onto the 40 metre vessel to preserve the fish caught at sea.
The spokesperson said: “There was an issue with the ice machine on the shore side. The machine malfunctioned.”
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Hide AdA fire service spokesperson said three appliances were called at about 1pm on Friday and crews worked to pump out the water before leaving the scene around 3:50pm.
Peterhead Lifeboat and coastguard teams from Peterhead and Cruden Bay were also called to assist.
A post on the Peterhead Lifeboat Facebook page said once the issue was fixed and the water was pumped out, the vessel “corrected its list” (the degree to which a boat tilts).
The call out was the first of 2021 for Peterhead’s lifeboat.