North Carr Lightship
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North Carr is the last remaining Scottish lightship. The North Carr is currently berthed in the Victoria Dock, Dundee. In service she was anchored off Fife Ness until 1975. From then she served as a tourist attraction in Anstruther Harbour.
On the 8th December 1959, the lightship was the subject of a tragic rescue mission. After the lightship broke her moorings and began to drift in heavy seas, the Broughty Ferry lifeboat was launched. Her crew of eight was lost when the Lifeboat capsized. The Lightship and its crew survived and after repair was towed back to its station.
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