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Jubilee

Early on the morning of the 6th June the small yacht Jubilee, of Fleetwood, with two men on board, sent up distress signals. She was in broken water about one and a half miles south of the life-boat station, and was dragging her anchor about one hundred yards from shore. Shortly afterwards she ran aground. A strong north-easterly breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. The motor life-boat Lady Harrison was launched at 3.55 A.M., and after dropping anchor veered down to the yacht. After considerable manosuvring in the shallow water a line was got on board the yacht, and the life-boat towed her off and brought her safely into Ramsey harbour. But for this help the yacht and her crew would probably have been lost. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 4.30 A.M.—Rewards, £15 14s..