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Ryan Carroll & Holly Lennon

Sailor who died in Clyde tugboat tragedy remembered as 'lovely and kind' man

A sailor who died after a tugboat capsized in Greenock has been remembered as a "lovely, kind" man.

Ian Catterson, 73, was on the boat with shipmate George Taft, 65, when the tragedy unfolded while they were assisting a cruise ship off Custom House Quay at around 3.30pm on February 24.

A search and rescue operation was launched with Police Scotland and HM Coastguard spending over four hours searching for the men before standing down as night fell. The bodies of both were recovered by police divers the following afternoon.

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