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Dreamer II

Selsey, Sussex.—At 4.45 on the night of the 27th of July, 1957, the coast- guard telephoned that the yacht Dreamer II, of Bosham, needed help six and a half miles south of Selsey.

At 11.58 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched in a rough sea. A strong west-north-westerly breeze was blowing and the tide was flooding.

The life-boat searched in company with H.M.S. Fleeticood and found the yacht with a crew of six. The yacht had been damaged in a collision witlt i the S.S. Isle ofThanet, which had first reported her in difficulties. The life- ' boat towed her to Littlehampton, arriving at 5.50 on the morning of the 28th of July. She finally reached her station at 10.30. The crew of the Dreamer II made a gift to the crew of the life-boat. The Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, life-boat was also launched.

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