Tall ship refloated after going aground

By The Newsroom

Published 7th Jul 2011, 18:54 BST

Updated 8th Jul 2011, 00:39 BST

A 100ft tall ship which ran aground has refloated.

The Irene of Bridgwater became stuck in Lamlash Bay, Arran, on Wednesday. The vessel, with ten people on board, was on her way to Greenock which is one of five ports on the route of the 2011 Tall Ships race. She was refloated at 3:45am yesterday.