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Amy-Jim

Aldeburgh, Suffolk At 12.22 in the afternoon of the 9th of December,1951, the coastguard telephoned that a local fishing boat was flying a distress signal one and a half miles north-east of Aldeburgh, and at 12.35 the No. 2 life-boat Lucy Lavers was launched.

The sea was slight, but a strong westerly breeze was blowing. The life-boat found the Amy-Jim with a crew of three. Her net had fouled her propeller. The life-boat towed her to the shore, escorted in other fishing boats, and then returned to her station, arriving at 1.30.—Rewards £29 13s. 6d..