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A lifeboat crew from Dungeness was called to a collision between three vessels this morning.
A report was received at 2.45am that a tugboat that was towing a barge and a third vessel had collided 9.5miles south of Dungeness.
An RNLI spokesman said: "No one was hurt. Our lifeboat is standing by until another tug arrives on scene later today."