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Tonsidor

Ramsgate, Kent. At 6.34 on the evening of the 3rd of June, 1958, the east pier watchman reported that a cabin cruiser was aground on Brake Sands near No. 3 buoy and needed help. At 6.42 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a slight sea. There was a gentle southerly wind and an ebb tide. The life-boat found the cabin cruiser Tonsidor of London, with a crew of four, which had just floated clear of the sands. The life-boat escorted her into harbour, which was reached at 7.5. Rewards to the crew etc., £6. 10s..