Episode 2194
Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station
Sun, 2023-May-07 00:42 UTC
Length - 1:41
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The random article for Sunday, 7 May 2023 is Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station.
Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Ilfracombe, Devon in the United Kingdom. The first lifeboat was stationed in the town in 1828 and the present station was opened in 1996. For 29 years a second boat was operated from Morte Bay at Woolacombe. It operates a Shannon-class all-weather lifeboat (ALB), operational number 13-09 and named The Barry and Peggy High Foundation, Ilfracombe also operates a D-class (IB1) inshore lifeboat (ILB), under the operational number D-717 and named the Deborah Brown ll.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:42 UTC on Sunday, 7 May 2023.
For the full current version of the article, see Ilfracombe Lifeboat Station on Wikipedia.
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