A tour boat with 174 people on board continues to take on water after running aground near Deer Island shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday morning.

All of the passengers and crew on the M.V Massachusetts, a commercial ship run out of Rowe’s Wharf, have been successfully evacuated. A rescue boat took the 168 passengers and six crew-members to the Town of Hull.

Winthrop Deputy Harbormaster Chuck Evans says the boat’s operaters reported they collided with rocks at Devil’s Back Ledge while traveling at about 18 knots.