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| Boat loses power after wave hits | Boat loses power after wave hits |
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| A dive support vessel with 94 people on board which lost power after being hit by a wave in North Sea storms is to be towed to safety. | |
| Coastguards said no-one was in any danger on board the CSO Orelia but two other ships, the Far Strider and the Far Sovereign, had been standing by. | |
| The 6,300-ton dive support vessel later regained limited power. | |
| A tug then attached a tow more than 100 miles off the Aberdeen coast and Orelia will be towed to Invergordon. | |
| Weather wait | |
| The vessel had been drifting three miles north of the Alba and Brittania installations but passed them safely. | |
| George Downie, Aberdeen Coastguard watch manager, said: "The weather has been very difficult. | George Downie, Aberdeen Coastguard watch manager, said: "The weather has been very difficult. |
| "It seems likely that the vessel lost power after it took a wave which caused electrical problems." | "It seems likely that the vessel lost power after it took a wave which caused electrical problems." |
| The vessel was expected to be towed to Invergordon when the weather calmed enough. |