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The Ex-Fishing Boat Morag

Dungeness, Kent. At 2.14 on the morning of the 19th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seentwo to three miles off Lade. At 2.35 the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched two hours after low water in a gentle north-north-easterly wind and a moderate ground sea. The life-boat found the ex-fishing boat Morag with her engine broken down and water- logged. Her crew of three were rescued, and the life-boat reached her station at 3.55. The Morag later became a total wreck. Her owner made a donation to the Institution's funds. Rewards to the crew, £9 ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £10 8s..