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Portrait of a Coxswain

COXSWAIN LIONEL DEREK SCOTT has been coxswain of The Mumbles life-boat since May 1955, when he became one of the youngest coxswains in the service of the RNLI. He had joined the crew in 1947. H; received the Institution's silver medal in 1963. Since he was appointed a boat's officer in 1950 The Mumbles life-boat has made 89 service launches and 48 lives have been rescued..