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Aberdovey, Merioneth. At 6.50 p.m.

on 7th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two people were stranded on an isolated rock below the cliffs at Berth. At 6.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh southwesterly breeze and steep sea. The tide was flooding. She found one person only stranded on the rock, and took off the bather just as the seas were breaking over it. She returned to her station at 8.15. For this service a letter of appreciation was sent to the crew and helpers..