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London Resolution

Penlee, Cornwall. At 9.10 on the evening of the 23rd of September, 1959, the coxswain was informed that there was a sick seaman aboard the tanker London Resolution of London. The tanker was expected to reach a position five miles south of Penzance at one o'clock in the morning. The life-boat W and S was launched at 11.15 with a doctor on board. There was a moderate swell, a light west-south-westerly wind was blowing, and it was two hours after high water. The life-boat reached the tanker at 12.45, and the seaman, who was suffering from suspected coronary thrombosis, was transferred to the life- boat. He was landed at Newlyn, where he was taken to hospital, and the life-boat returned to her station, arriving at 2.30. Rewards to the crew, £9 16s. ; rewards to the helpers on shore, £5 8s..