The James Barrie (Wreck)

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Though all her 21 crew had left her in two rafts when she was badly holed and firmly pinned on to the rocks of a reef in the Pentland Skerries, the British steam trawler James Barrie freed herself two days later and floated off, crewless, into the Pentland Firth, heading for the Orkneys.
The 666 ton James Barrie had been on her way to the Icelandic fishing grounds when she left her home port of Hull on 26 March, 1969. At 8.05 the next evening she ran onto the Louther rocks. Her skipper, James Brocklesby, said later that they had seen the rocks but were too late to avoid them. He added that she was badly holed on her port bow, taking in water, and that they were stuck fast.
At 6am the wind freshened so much that they decided to abandon her. They got away from the rocks by using two of their rafts and were picked up by the Wick lifeboat, which was standing by with the Kirkwall lifeboat and some other fishing vessels.
The James Barrie stayed on the rocks for two days until a high tide freed her and she drifted towards the Orkneys. The Kirkwall lifeboat, the Grace Paterson, was called out and found her full of water and only just afloat.
The lifeboat took her in tow and headed for Scapa Pier. Moving her put more water into her, and at 12.24pm on 29 March she could take no more. She sank off Hoxa Head, near Widewall Bay, South Ronaldsay. Her large bronze propeller was salvaged some years ago.

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