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Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 1st of February, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Marina needed help as her engine had broken down off Pakefield. The life-boat Michael Stephens put out at 5.23 in a choppy sea, with a fresh north-easterly wind blowing and an ebb tide. She found the fishing boat with a crew of two and took her in tow, arriving at her station at 6.40. Rewards to the crew, £10 ; reward to the helper on shore, 12s..