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Mount Ida

Cromer, Norfolk.—On the 9th October, 1939, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey rescued the crew of twentynine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, of Piraeus, which had grounded on the Ower Bank. The No. 2 motor life-boat Harriot Dixon was also launched.— Rewards: silver and bronze medals, vellums, and £110 6s. 6d.

(A full account was published in the issue of The Life-boat for December, 1939.).