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M.F.V. 160

St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 5.16 on the morning of the 20th of May, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the s.s. Roebuck that M.F. V. 160 of the Royal Army Service Corps was anchored six miles south- south-west of Casquets lighthouse with her engine broken down. The life-boat Euphrosyne Kendal left her moorings at 5.44 in a light sea. There was a moderate north-westerly wind and it was high water. The life-boat found M.F. V. 160, whose engine had by then been re- paired, and escorted her to St. Peter Port, arriving at 8.25. The officers and crew of the M.F.V. 160 made a dona- tion to the Institution's funds. Re- wards to the crew, £7 4s. ; reward to the helper on shore, 14s..