memorial events organised to mark the occasion. These included a memorial concert on the actual anniversary date. and talks entitled The Mona Remembered at the local church on 23 and 25 November. According to a letter to the Dundee Evening Telegraph, in January 2006, "Among some seamen, it was believed the vessel was tainted with evil, and they resolved to exorcise the boat in a 'viking ritual'". The Mona was taken to Cockenzie harbour on the river Forth in the dead of night, stripped of anything of value, chained to the sea wall, and burnt. Questions were raised in the House of Commons about the destruction of a lifeboat built with public subscription. The lightvessel, later replaced by a beacon, is now berthed at Victoria Dock, Dundee harbour. References External links 1959 in Scotland Broughty Ferry lifeboats History of Dundee Watson-class lifeboats Maritime incidents in 1959