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Police make fresh discovery in search for missing fishing boat that vanished off Scottish coast

The Independent·Ryan McDougall·4 days ago
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Items belonging to a fishing vessel that vanished off the northern coast of the Isle of Lewis last week have been retrieved as the search for the boat and two missing crew members continues.

Norman "Tam" Murray, 40, and Murdo Morrison, 23, remain missing after disappearing along with their boat, the Kilda, on 13 October.

The body of crewmate Douglas Craigie, 49, was retrieved from the sea at around 2.45am on 14 October, but the other two men and the boat are still unaccounted for.

Specialist officers from Police Scotland’s marine and dive unit, working with partners, conducted further searches on Thursday at an area of interest off the Port of Ness coast, close to where the men vanished.…

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