Fastnet disaster was one of Royal Navy's finest hours

Nineteen yachtsmen died but - 75 people were saved by Fleet Air Arm crews and another 65 picked up by lifeboats and shipping - in the UK's biggest ever peacetime rescue operation.
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Nineteen yachtsmen died but - 75 people were saved by Fleet Air Arm crews and another 65 picked up by lifeboats and shipping - in the UK's biggest ever peacetime rescue operation.
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