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Marilyn

THREE RESCUED FROM MOTOR LAUNCH Moelfre, Anglesey. At 1.3 on the afternoon of the 12th April, 1963, the coxswain noticed that the motor launch Marilyn of the Red Wharf Bay Sailing Club had stopped and was drifting rapidly east of Moelfre Island. He then saw distress signals being made by the occupants, and this was immediately confirmed by the coastguard. There was a strong breeze from the south-west with a rough sea. The life-boat Edward and Mary Robinson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 1.15 on a flood tide. She came up with the motor launch Marilyn, whose engine had broken down, and rescued the three people on board. She took the launch in tow to Traeth Bychan, where the survivors were landed, and then returned to her station, arriving at 2.50..