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R.A.F. Salvage Vessel Dutch Lady

MARCH 21ST. - SHOREHAM HAR-BOUR, SUSSEX. At 5.18 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel off Goring was leaking badly and needed the help of a life-boat. There was no wind and the sea was smooth, but there was a thick fog. At 5.48 the motor life-boat Rosa Woodd and Phyllis Lunn was launched.

At 7.15 she found the R.A.F. salvage vessel Dutch Lady. She was down by the head, but was able to proceed under her own power and the life-boat escorted her into Littlehampton, and then returned to her station at 11.5 that night. - Rewards, £10 10s..