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Ramsgate, Kent. — At 1.0 on the afternoon of the 16th of May, 1951, the life-boat shore attendant told the coast- guard that a boat in Pegwell Bay was making a signal. She had apparently anchored near the breakers. The coast- guard passed the message to the life- boat authorities, and at 1.31 the life- boat Mary Scott, on temporary duty at the station, left her moorings. There was a moderate sea, with a moderate north-easterly breeze blowing. She found the local motor fishing boat Khaki with a crew of two. Her pro- peller was fouled by a rope and she was in danger of grounding, so the life-boat towed her to Ramsgate harbour. She reached her station again at 2.39.— Rewards, £5 3s..