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Tiberian

Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 8.35 p.m. on i7th November, 1966, a message was received that a man aboard the Grimsby trawler Tiberian required certain medicine prescribed for him by a doctor who was in the harbour office.

The life-boat Tillie Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at 9.20 in a strong, gusting to gale force, north by easterly wind and a rough sea. It was three hours after high water. She met the trawler at Smithic Bank and handed over the medicine. The life-boat arrived back on station at 10.20..