Broughty Ferry lifeboat launched after false alarm By Graeme Strachan August 3 2017, 7.48pm The launch happened around midnight. [[title]] [[text]] An error occurred. Please try again. [[success]] Email address Sign up The activation of an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) sparked the launch of Broughty Ferry Lifeboat on Thursday evening. The report was received at 6.20pm. The Coastguard team was also scrambled at Newport. The vessel was eventually found on the north side of the Tay Estuary. A Coastguard spokesman said nobody was in any danger and the beacon had gone off accidently. It is thought water might have got into it, causing it to go off. Already a subscriber? Sign in [[title]] [[text]] Close More from Fife Fife child rapist admits campaign of abuse against two exes LISTEN: How today's Conservative leadership husting in Perth could be affected by Liz Truss'… Meet some of the excited children starting school in Tayside and Fife 0 ScotRail reveals impact of latest rail strike on Tayside and Fife services 0 Work begins on new council housing development near Cowdenbeath Golf Club 0 Police appeal for public's help in finding missing man, 34, from Glenrothes Pictures as thunder and lightning cause chaos on Tayside and Fife 0 Roads flooded and trains disrupted as storms batter Tayside and Fife 0 VIDEO: Kirkcaldy streets left flooded after torrential downpour 0 Police attend two-car crash on A917 near Pittenweem More from The Courier JIM SPENCE: Jerry Sadowitz's freedom of speech is under attack and so is yours… 0 Tayside 'period dignity' officer should have been a woman, says SNP's Ian Blackford Passing of former Dundee United director Bruce Robertson marks end of an era at… 0 Diabetic dad led police on low-speed chase near Perth after blood-sugar levels dropped Geordie Reid obituary: Murthly resident, ex-farmer and oldest Black Watch veteran dies at 103 0 Busy Perth road closed for flood repairs 0
