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Patna

Ramsgate, Kent - At 5.27 p.m. on 4th September, 1966, the motor yacht Patna in a position half a mile off Margate pier requested the assistance of the Ramsgate life-boat. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 5.37 in a strong south south westerly wind and a rough sea. It was three hours after high water. She found the yacht anchored and towed her to Ramsgate. The life-boat returned to her station at 7.52..