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NORWEGIAN APPEAL Stornoway, Outer Hebrides. At ii p.m. on 5th June, 1964, a shipping agency in Stornoway told the honorary secretary that a radio message received via Oban Radio had stated that a Norwegian vessel was making for Stornoway with an injured man aboard, and that she was expected to arrive at 5 a.m. the following morning. As there was no other suitable craft available the life-boat The James and Margaret Boyd slipped her moorings at 4.5 a.m. with a doctor aboard, and met the Norwegian motor vessel Langfonn 50 minutes later. The injured man was landed at Stornoway and taken immediately to hospital. The life-boat returned to her station at 5.55..