FISHERMEN IN WAR TIME 



the spirit which would win the war- — and he hoped 

 win it quickly. The Gazette showed that that gal- 

 lant hand was Deckhand Frederick Hawley Larnb, 

 R.N.R., Trawler Section, who, " though severely 

 wounded in the leg by the explosion of a box of 

 ammunition on H.M. drifter Gozvan Lea, stuck to 

 his gun, endeavouring to make it work." 



For his courage and devotion to duty Lamb was 

 awarded the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. He was 

 a married man, with a family of six and lived in 

 Fraserburgh. His leg was broken in two places and 

 he was taken to an Italian hospital. 



Skipper Watt also belonged to Fraserburgh, but 

 was a native of Gamrie. He was 30 years of age, 

 married, but without family. He already had been 

 under fire in the little Gozvan Lea, and had had a 

 narrow escape, in the previous December. On that 

 occasion the skipper was in his cabin when a shell 

 passed right through it. The funnel was blown 

 away and several of the crew were killed. The boat 

 was lowered, with the compass on board, but it was 

 sent to the bottom by a shell. 



The enemy ships were driven off ; but Watt was 

 now in the singular position, not having a compass, 

 of being unable to locate himself. He saw another 

 patrol vessel, and headed his damaged craft for her, 

 but the other vessel, mistrusting the funnelless 

 Gozvan Lea, and assuming that she was some un- 

 known foe, made off under full steam. 



It spoke well for the power and handling of the 

 Gozvan Lea that in spite of her crippled state and 



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