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Mouette II

Mudeford, Hampshire. At approximately 1.50 p.m. on nth July, 1965, a boy saw a cabin cruiser capsize off Hengistbury Head. He ran to the nearest telephone at the Mudeford beach office, about half a mile away, and the IRB was launched immediately in a strong southwesterly breeze and rough sea. The tide was ebbing. The IRB came up with the cabin cruiser Mouette II and found the crew of two had started to swim to the shore. They were taken on board the IRB which returned to her station at 2.1 p.m. One of the crew of Mouette II was exhausted and suffering from shock and was taken to the home of one of the members of the IRB crew and given a hot bath and dry clothes. A letter of appreciation was sent to the boy for his action on this occasion..