LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Advanced search

Matilda

JUNE 11TH. - DOVER, KENT. At 4.25 P.M. a message was received from the duty staff officer at Dover that a boat was drifting four miles off the Port War Signal Station, and might have people on board. A fresh W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea At 4.45 P.M. the motor life-boat Agnes Cross, on temporary service at Dover, was launched, and saw the boat picked up by one of H.M. trawlers. She went alongside and found that the boat was the cabin cruiser Matilda, which had been drifting with no one on board. She took over the Matilda from the trawler and towed her into Dover.- Rewards, £4 15s..