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A Dutch Life-Boat Rescue

The Scheveningen motor life-boat ZeemansLoop rescuing nine men of a Scheveningen fishing boat, 9th October, 1938. The Secretary of th. North and South Holland Life-saving Society writes: " This was one of the finest and riskiest rescues we ever had. The life-boat had to operate between the wreck and the mole—a distance of twenty-five yards. Although our Zeemamhoop was smashed on the fishing boat she sustained practically no damage at all.".

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