On May 9, the all-weather lifeboat Esme Anderson launched at top speed into the rough waters off the coast of Kent, U.K., and raced 12 miles out to sea. It was answering an SOS from a distressed yacht that had lost its mast in the gale-force winds and was unable to make shore. Braving the dangerous conditions, Esme Anderson's crew managed to fix a rope to the stricken vessel and haul it and the four people aboard to safety, with no loss of lives. On May 15, the distress call came from the crew of a 200-ton trawler, broken down and disabled in the Atlantic Ocean some 24 miles from Land's End in Cornwall. Reached and secured by the lifeboat City of London Ⅲ, the trawler was towed back to harbor long after dark, an exhausting 10 hours later.
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