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Swanage Lifeboat Station is a Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) station [1] located on Peveril Point in the town of Swanage in Dorset, England. It operates two lifeboats, the Shannon-class All-weather lifeboat 13-13 George Thomas Lacy (ON 1320) and the D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat (ILB) Roy Norgrove (D-884).
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An all-weather lifeboat station with a slipway for launching. Inshore lifeboat station, which uses a carriage to launch lifeboats. Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) stations are the bases for the RNLI's fleet of search and rescue lifeboats that cover the coastal waters around the entire British Isles, as well as major inland waterways.
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The Margaret Russell Fraser launched into gale force 9 winds to assist the Swanage Rother-class lifeboat RNLB Horace Clarkson (ON 1047), which had been on the scene since 11.30 am. [13] The Margaret Russell Fraser arrived on the scene at 3.10 pm, but both vessels soon departed as the Al Kwather 1 appeared to be in no immediate danger.
Peveril Point is a headland on the east-facing coast of the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, England, and is part of the town of Swanage. It forms the southern end of Swanage Bay . It is located at 50°36.43′N 01°56.69′W / 50.60717°N 1.94483°W / 50.60717; -1.94483 OS Grid Ref: SZ 041
Swanage (/ ˈ s w ɒ n ɪ dʒ /) is a coastal town and civil parish in the south east of Dorset, England.It is at the eastern end of the Isle of Purbeck and one of its two towns, [2] approximately 6 + 1 ⁄ 4 miles (10 km) south of Poole and 25 miles (40 km) east of Dorchester.
A drawing showing the original design and site of the Wellington clock tower (including the statue of Wellington) from the Illustrated London News of 17 June 1854. The Wellington clock tower was constructed as a memorial to the Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, the former British Army general and politician who died in 1852.