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Largs Lifeboat Station Largs RNLI Lifeboat Station

Largs RNLI Lifeboat Station

Largs Lifeboat Station

7.34pm 18 January 2019

Troon Lifeboat Station RNLI Troon Lifeboat Station

RNLI Troon Lifeboat Station

Troon Lifeboat Station

7.19pm 18 January 2019

Troon Lifeboat Station RNLI Troon Lifeboat Station

RNLI Troon Lifeboat Station

Troon Lifeboat Station

7.15pm 18 January 2019

Port Talbot Lifeboat Station RNLI Port Talbot Lifeboat Station

RNLI Port Talbot Lifeboat Station

Port Talbot Lifeboat Station

7.15pm 18 January 2019

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Holyhead lifeboat St Cybi, fresh off the production line in Cowes, Isle of Wight, in 1950

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