LIFE-BOAT COXSWAIN DIES AFTER HIS FISHING BOAT SINKS Coverack, Cornwall. On Tuesday the 30th of July, 1963, a telephone message was received by the second coxswain from the mechanic that the fishing vessel Bessey III, of Coverack, owned by the life-boat coxswain Mr. W. A. Rowe, had struck a rock two and a half miles east of the life-boat station and had sunk 150 to 200 yards from the shore. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 3.5 p.m. in a light east-northeasterly wind and slight sea. It was three hours after high water. The coxswain had managed to swim ashore and was in a very distressed condition. A helicopter was asked to take him to Coverack. A member of the crew of the life-boat who was qualified in first aid was put ashore to help the coxswain into the helicopter. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.15. Mr. Rowe died later after a heart attack..