Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.35 on the evening of the 13th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing barge was aground at the mouth of Holehaven Creek. At 6.45 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched in a rough sea. A south- westerly wind of nearly gale force was blowing and the tide was flooding.

On reaching the position, the life-boat found that the barge Dawn of Maldon had refloated. At 7.46 the coxswain was informed that a yacht was aground in almost the same position and was in danger of being driven ashore. The life-boat found the yacht Leila with a crew of two. The coxswain put two of his crew aboard her and took the Leila in tow to Gravesend. The life-boat finally reached her station at 11.59.

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