Thirteen life-boatmen lost their lives at sea or died on their return. Three of the thirteen were killed by the enemy. One of the three was killed in the lifeboat of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, when she was attacked by a German aeroplane; The other two, the coxswain and shore-signalman at Minehead, Somerset, were killed in their own boat, when they were sent out to examine “ wreckage “, which was, in fact, a mine..