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Mamounia

Dover, Kent.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 1st of July, 1956, the Eastern Arm signal station reported that a small sailing yacht was in difficulties close inshore to South Foreland. At 6.25 the life-boat Southern Africa put out in a rough sea. There was a strong southerly breeze, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat came up with the yacht Mamounia, of Calais, which had a crew of two, a hundred yards off the cliffs. She towed her to Dover, arriving there at 7.45.—Rewards to the crew etc., £6 5s..