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Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 10.12 on the morning of the 13th of July, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht four miles south-south-west of Orford- ness was flying a distress signal. The life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 10.26 in a very rough sea, with a south-westerly gale blowing, and an hour later found the gaff-rigged eight- ton yacht The Prince, of Walton-on- the-Naze. She carried a crew of four, but was in difficulties with a strong head-wind and tide. The life-boat took her in tow and reached Harwich at 2.30 in the afternoon. The life-boat arrived back at her station at six in the evening.—Rewards, £46 12s. Qd..