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Wi ninety aicht caas tae sea i’ ‘John and Charles Kennedy’ saved i’ lives o a hunner an ninety fowk. I’ 9th February 1953 wid be its last trip tae sea. Fan escortin a yawl back tae herber throw a michty swell, a huge wave struck i’ boat at i’ brakwatter, upturnin i’ vessel. Tragically, i’ lives o six crewmen, Andrew Ritchie, George Flett, Charles Tait Snr, John Buchan an John Crawford, wir aa lost in i’ incident. Charles Tait, i’ loon o bowman Charles Tait Snr, wis i’ ainly survivor o iss affa incident.

 
 

Dundee Courier and Advertiser Feb 10 1953 © D.C.Thomson & Co. Ltd