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King Alexander

Penlee, Cornwall - At 6 p.m. on 23rd June, 1967, a message was received that there was an injured man on board the motor vessel King Alexander and that help would be required when the vessel entered Mount's Bay. The life-boat Solomon Browne was launched at 10 o'clock in a light south easterly wind and a slight sea. She proceeded to Newlyn and embarked a doctor and ambulance crew. The motor vessel King Alexander of London was met at 11.25 five miles south of Penzance. The injured man was transferred to the life-boat and landed at Newlyn at 12.40 a.m. on 24th June. The life-boat remained at Newlyn overnight and returned to her station at 4 p.m..