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Aberdovey, Merionethshire. At 2.50 p.m. on I2th August, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that four bathers had been swept off the beach near Borth. At 2.55 the IRB launched in a moderate to fresh south-easterly breeze and moderate sea. The tide was ebbing. The IRB searched the area but without success. On returning to the shore the crew were told that two youths were missing and had last been seen clinging to a rubber tyre..