Baltic queen virtual sailor 71/20/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() 'We threw everything we could to try and save their lives but unfortunately it was just not good enough.' 'A call then went out for all qualified first aiders to get onto the boat deck. He recalled: 'I was working on getting the evening meal ready and peeling some potatoes and as I did a ship alarm went off to announce a man overboard. Mr Rawlins was one of those on-board HMS Cumberland who gave CPR to both casualties for up to two hours, but sadly they were already dead by the time they came aboard. ![]() It flipped over and plunged the three Germans and two British Royal Navy personnel into the water. The small crew were travelling back after a 'swap' during a UN training task force when their inflatable boat hit a wave and was caught underneath by a giant gust of wind. Mr Rawlins' tumultuous journey with depression began after he joined up a team of first aiders who fought to save German sailors who had capsized while being transferred to their ship. They now plan to get married in the summer of 2017 The couple met in Plymouth in 2010 and got engaged in May this year. ![]()
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