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Shamrock

NEWHAVEN-BOUND Life-boat O.N. 873 on passage. At 5.25 p.m. on 3ist July, 1964, while the life-boat George Elmy was on her way from Dover to Newhaven in a moderate sea and a fresh westerly breeze, someone was seen waving from a small motor boat lying at anchor in a heavy swell at the foot of some cliffs. The life-boat found the boat, Shamrock, of Newhaven with her engine broken down, and a seasick girl aboard her. The Shamrock was towed to Newhaven where she was berthed at 6.20..