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Barbie Ann

Newhaven, Sussex. At 12.14 p.m. on 29th August, 1965, a trawler was seen burning flares a quarter of a mile south of the Martello tower. There was a moderate south-westerly breeze with a corresponding sea. The tide was flooding. The life-boat Kathleen Mary launched at 12.20 and took the trawler Barbie Ann in tow to Newhaven arriving back at her station at 1.35 p.m..