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On 31st January 1980 Switha was returning to her base at Leith under the command of Captain David Dickson at the end of her latest sixteen day patrol of the fishing grounds north and west of the country. As she neared port the weather deteriorated and had developed into a Force 9 gale. Captain Dickson was at the helm as she made her difficult approach towards the dock gates at Leith buffeted by a large swell and cross winds. Without warning, the ship ran hard aground on Herwit Rock which lies at the south east corner of Inchkeith.
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