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A Dinghy and Mambo

TWO CASUALTIES At 6.52 p.m. on i5th May, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had broken down and was drifting one mile south of St. Albans Head. The life-boat R.L.P.

was launched at 7.7 in a light southwesterly wind and a moderate sea. It was high water. On the way to the casualty, a capsized dinghy was sighted. The survivors were picked up and transferred to the speedboat Jaguar, which was taking the dinghy in tow. The life-boat then went on to the fishing vessel Mambo, which was taken in tow at 7.55 after the man aboard her had been transferred to the life-boat.

She returned to her moorings at 9.30 p.m..