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The Converted Yacht Mary Ann

St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.50 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man fishing at Plemont had heard shouts and seen white flares, and that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty close to the shore. At 4.10 the life-boat Lloyds, on temporary duty at the station, put out and made for the position. There was a heavy swell, a fresh north-westerly wind was blowing, and the tide was flooding. The life- boat found the converted yacht Mary Ann of Jersey with the owner and his daughter on board. Her engine had broken down, and she was drifting towards the rocks. The coxswain put a line aboard the yacht, and the life- boat towed her to Rozel. The life- boat reached her station at 10.15.

Rewards to the crew, £12 13s..