Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 7.22 on the evening of the 14th of July, 1958,the Walton coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser had broken down a quarter of a mile from the Mid Barrow lightvessel.

The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched, with the second coxswain in command, at 7.55 in a moderate sea. There was a light south-westerly wind and a flood tide.

The life-boat came up with the cabin cruiser Hilary Anne in tow of the coaster Broughty. The Hilary Anne had a crew of five. The skipper of the Broughty asked the coxswain to take over the tow. This was done and the cabin cruiser was taken to Sheerness, where she was moored. Her crew had had no food for some hours and they were given soup and biscuits. The life- boat finally reached her station at 11.55.

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