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was in service for the R.N.L.I. for a total of 30 years. 25 of those years were spent at
Margate where she performed 278 service launches. She was credited with saving 269 lives. For the last 5 years of her R.N.L.I. career she was placed in its Relief Fleet, with which she went on to perform another
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On behalf of every officer and man on this ship, I should like to express to you our unbound admiration for the magnificent behaviour of the crew of the lifeboat Lord
Southborough…. The manner in which, with no thought of rest, they brought off load after load of soldiers under continuous shelling,
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was one of only three RNLI lifeboat crews used in the evacuation that were allowed to take their own lifeboat across the
English Channel, the others being crewed by
920:– The story of the RNLI. Authur: Beilby, Alec. Publisher: Patrick Stephens Ltd – Haynes Publishing Group 1992. The Kent Stations- Reference to Dunkirk page 162.
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located and rescued the three man R.A.F. aircrew using a small dinghy as the lifeboat could only get to within a quarter of a mile of the aircraft's crash site.
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bombing and aerial machine-gun fire will be an inspiration to us all as long as we live. We are proud to be the fellow countrymen of such men.
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National Lifeboat Institution: A History of the Fund and its Lifeboats
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Coxswain Edward Parker was one of the two lifeboat coxswains in the operation awarded the
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arrived, but the lifeboat was able to rescue seven of the nine Royal Navy personnel from the wreckage.
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was sold out of the service by the R.N.L.I. in 1955. She was bought by the
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Fawkes, Leslie G; Barker, Tony; Morris, Jeff. Peter Sims (ed.).
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pilot who had been shot down in an air-to-air engagement with a
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Service, Post Office and British Telecom Lifeboat Fund
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was financed by the organization and charity known as the
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OS Explorer Map 150 – Canterbury & the Isle of Thanet
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Royal National Lifeboat Institution lifeboats by number
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14 service launches, and she saved a further 17 lives.
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Fawkes, Leslie G.; Barker, Tony; Morris, Jeff (1991).
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Reference and details of the sinking of HMS Guardsman
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843:. Association of Dunkirk Little Ships. Archived from
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269:, Lord Southborough, who was Honorary Treasurer of
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976:(Supplement). 24 September 1940. p. 5711.
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979:Margate Coxswain shown as Edward Drake Palmer
784:"Her Majesty The Queen to visit Margate RNLI"
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316:Lord Southbourough Lifeboat Crew at Dunkirk
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174:45 ft 0 in (13.72 m) overall
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57:Francis Hopwood, 1st Baron Southborough
619:, during which it had been damaged by
238:was built in 1924 in the boatyards of
20:
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654:for further use as a lifeboat in the
608:was launched to search for a crashed
542:was sent out to search for a missing
211:(RNLI) fleet, which was stationed at
209:Royal National Lifeboat Institution's
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293:, which had run aground in a storm.
1209:Royal National Lifeboat Institution
67:Royal National Lifeboat Institution
666:, her fate beyond this is unsure.
190:One 80hp Weyburn DE6 petrol engine
182:12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
14:
1020:"Allied Warships – HMS Guardsman"
297:crew were unable to re-float the
1097:
893:The Lifeboat Prudential (ON 697)
44:
24:
1052:. Wreck Sites-www.wrecksites.eu
321:RNLB Lord Southbourgh (ON 832)
436:was launched to assist in the
1:
1046:"Guardsman HMS (1919 – 1940)"
522:raged in the skies above the
812:The Margate R.N.L.I. Station
656:British Overseas Territories
584:after she struck a mine off
1180:Julia Park Barry of Glasgow
588:headland and exploded. The
508:Distinguished Service Medal
448:in France. The crew of the
442:British Expeditionary Force
113:, Relief Fleet 1951 - 1955
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1050:Wreck location and details
841:Lord Southborough Lifeboat
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197:Royal National Life Boat
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305:crew for their efforts.
111:Margate Lifeboat Station
1248:Little Ships of Dunkirk
643:Retirement and disposal
576:launched to assist the
428:Little Ships of Dunkirk
158:General characteristics
1228:Watson-class lifeboats
538:. On 3 September 1940
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285:attempted to assist a
231:Description and origin
207:motor lifeboat of the
769:on 12 September 2014.
713:125 Years of CISPOTEL
592:had sunk by the time
518:From August 1940 the
514:The Battle of Britain
432:On 30 May 1940, the
334:Edward (Ted) Parker
166:Watson (Motor) Class
559:Sir William Hillary
495:Lord Southborough’s
303:Lord Southborough's
295:Lord Southborough's
973:The London Gazette
309:Dunkirk evacuation
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1124:Lord Southborough
690:978 0 319 2351 88
648:Lord Southborough
636:Lord Southborough
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606:Lord Southborough
594:Lord Southborough
574:Lord Southborough
557:(a descendant of
551:Messerschmitt 109
540:Lord Southborough
536:Lord Southborough
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460:Lord Southborough
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1056:5 September
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1000:Heroes All!
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918:Heroes All!
903:2 September
869:Heroes All!
851:4 September
794:3 September
738:3 September
524:south coast
456:personnel.
1243:1924 ships
1222:Categories
1188:Jesse Lumb
1132:H F Bailey
670:References
600:April 1941
578:Royal Navy
486:destroyer
484:Royal Navy
469:Prudential
454:Royal Navy
438:evacuation
380:Signaller
289:boat, the
219:county of
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590:Guardsman
567:Guardsman
548:Luftwaffe
532:North Sea
488:HMS
466:lifeboat
417:W. Hopper
409:T. Parker
393:A. Morris
369:H. Parker
356:Engineer
353:E. Jorden
345:T. Harman
340:Coxswain
126:Laid down
1198:(ON 840)
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660:Benghazi
544:Spitfire
530:and the
480:La Panne
464:Ramsgate
404:Crewman
396:Crewman
388:Crewman
385:J Letley
377:D. Price
361:W Mackie
271:CISPOTEL
263:CISPOTEL
203:, was a
201:(ON 688)
142:Acquired
53:Namesake
33:(ON 832)
1253:Margate
482:to the
446:Dunkirk
440:of the
401:A. Ladd
372:Bowman
299:Hermine
291:Hermine
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223:in the
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215:in the
213:Margate
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