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TRAWLER BROKE DOWN Dungeness, Kent. At 9.55 p.m. on 2ist March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small trawler had broken down three miles north-east of Dungeness. There was a light southwesterly breeze with a moderate sea, and it was low water. The life-boat Mabel E.

Holland launched at 10.20 and found the trawler Dolphin of Folkestone, which had engine trouble. A line was made fast and the trawler was towed safely into Folkestone harbour. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 3.15 a.m..