The Bloodhound, on which King Charles learned to sail, was heading from Scotland to the south coast when its crew raised the alarm.

They issued a distress call while off Bacton at 3.41pm on Sunday and HM Coastguard alerted Caister Lifeboat, which sent out a crew.

The Bloodhound was heading to Scotland before the crew raised the alarm. (Image: Luke Martin) They reached the 63ft racing yacht, which was owned by the Royals from 1962 to 1969, at around 4.30pm.

Another lifeboat team and a windfarm support vessel were also nearby on standby.

The Caister lifeboat transferred crew and water pumps to the 30 tonne Bloodhound before taking it under tow into Great Yarmouth, where it stayed for........

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