Penlee, Cornwall - At 6 a.m. on 6th May, 1967, news was recieved that the Solomon Browne would be needed to take a sick man to hospital from the German ship Clivia which was approaching Mount's Bay in a choppy sea and poor weather. At 6.45 the life-boat was launched and proceeded to Newlyn to pick up a doctor. At 7.25 she met the ship and put the doctor aboard. The sick man was transferred to the life-boat which arrived at Newlyn at 9.10. The life-boat was moored at Newlyn, owing to swell at the slipway, until 3.30 p.m.

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