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Ketchedro

SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND The Lizard-Cadgwith, Cornwall.

At 12.32 a.m. on 25th November, 1965, the coastguard reported that red flares had been seen two miles south-west of the Lizard light. The life-boat The Duke of Cornwall (Civil Service No. 33) was launched at i o'clock in a south-westerly gale and a rough sea, three hours before high water. She found the cabin cruiser Ketchedro with one of her engines broken down and her electrical equipment out of order. She had a crew of four who were uncertain of their position and the life-boat escorted the cabin cruiser to Newlyn, arriving at 4.30. The life-boat reached her station at 9 a.m..