GERMAN GRATITUDE Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 7.30 p.m. on 4th December, 1964, the Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Haulbowline, told the honorary secretary that the German cargo vessel Waldemar Peter had on board a sick man who needed medical help. There was a moderate sea with a corresponding north-westerly breeze. At 8 p.m. the lifeboat Rowland Watts put out on the ebb tide with a doctor on board. At 11.15 sne met the cargo vessel 10 miles north-west of Valentia. The patient was transferred to the life-boat where he died at 11.35 because of cardiac failure. His body was landed at Valentia and the life-boat was remoored at r a.m. The German Embassy sent a letter of appreciation to the local branch..