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Swee

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. — About eight o'clock on the evening of the 13th of April, 1957, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the auxili- ary yacht Swee, of Port St. Mary, was trying to attract the attention of the Langness lighthouse-keeper, as her crew appeared to be in difficulties.

The life- boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 put out at 8.20 in calm weather. The tide was flooding. The life-boat reached the yacht three miles east of Langness lighthouse and towed her to Port St. Mary, arriving there at 10.30. The yacht had ran short of fuel and was becalmed. The owner made a donation to the funds of the Institution. — Rewards to the crew, £8 8*..