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Little Meg

Redcar, Yorkshire, At 10.20 on the morning of the 20th of October, 1957, the Saltburn coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized off Saltburn.

At 10.45 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched in a moderate sea. A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing and the tide was flooding. The life-boat found the sailing dinghy Little Meg about a mile off shore between Salt- burn pier and Huntcliffe. Two fishing boats were standing by, one of which had the dinghy's crew of two on board.

This boat landed the two rescued people at Saltburn, and the life-boat took the dinghy in tow, reaching her station at 2.25. Rewards to the crew, £10 10s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £7 10s..