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A Canoe

CANOE CAPSIZED Dover, Kent. At 1.5 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the honorary secretary learned that a canoe with one man aboard was drifting towards the Admiralty pier. The life-boat Southern Africa proceeded at 1.20 in a strong south-westerly wind and a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. A helicopter was also airborne and found the canoe had capsized. The man was in the water. The helicopter rescued him and the life-boat returned to her station at 2 p.m..