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Wisp

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. •— On Sunday the 10th September, 1939, the coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the south-ward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a rather rough sea. The motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn, was launched at 5.21 P.M. and rescued the crew of two. They were exhausted and had to be revived. She then took the yacht in tow and brought her into Shoreham, arriving at 6.10 P.M.— Rewards, £4 19*. 6d..