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Pinda

The Lizard, Cornwall.—At 8.22 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the motor boat Pinda had left Mullion at three o'clock to go on a fishing trip between Mullion and Penzance. There were three people, including a child, on board, and as they had been expected back at five o'clock it was decided to launch the life-boat Duke of York at 8.43. There was a moderate sea, a fresh easterly breeze was blowing, and the tide was flooding. The life-boat carried out a search in conjunction with a helicopter and found the Pinda, with her engines broken down, at Hoe Point near Prussia Cove. She took the yacht in tow to Mullion and reached her station at 1.40 early on the 3rd of August. The owner made a gift to the crew.—Rewards to the crew, £12 12s.; rewards to the helpers on shore, £11 18*..