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London Harmony

Penlee, Cornwall. At 1.20 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that the tanker London Harmony, due in Mount's Bay about 9 o'clock, wished to land a sick man. There was a gentle north-easterly breeze with a smooth sea. It was high water. The lifeboat Solomon Browne launched at 7.40 and after embarking a doctor and stretcher at Newlyn proceeded to Mount's Bay and came up with the London Harmony at 8.40. After the doctor had examined the sick man he was transferred to the life-boat and landed at Newlyn, where he was taken to hospital by a waiting ambulance. The life-boat arrived back at her station at 10.10 a.m..