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The St. Gowan Lightvessel.

Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 10.40 p.m. on 27th June, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the St. Gowan light vessel. The life-boat White Star was launched with a doctor on board at 11.14 m a moderate south easterly breeze and a choppy sea. The tide was ebbing. The life-boat put the doctor on board the lightvessel and after he had treated the injured man he was re-embarked and the life-boat returned to her station at 5 o'clock..