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A campaign to found a lifeboat station in the port was started after the sinking of the S.S. Alfred
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was made secretary of the station in recognition of her effort. The boathouse, still in use today, was added later in 1915. The station's final all-weather lifeboat was a 37-foot
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Lifeboat is run as an independent charity (SCIO) registered in Scotland (Charity Number SC046312). The charity operates an independent rescue service outside of the
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built by MST (Marine
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The new St Abbs
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955:"RNLI withdraws St Abbs inshore lifeboat from the Scottish coast"
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824:"St Abbs lifeboat replacement to be commissioned by July"
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Range approx.: 150 nautical miles (173 miles or 278 km)
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895:"St Abbs lifeboat link ends after 104 years"
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307:History as an RNLI Lifeboat Station
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953:Isla Reynolds (7 September 2015).
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290:Fual capacity: 2 x 150 litres
495:W. Ross MacArthur of Glasgow
284:Displacement approx.: 2600kg
82:Independent Lifeboat Station
39:and St Abbs Lifeboat Station
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278:Beam internal: 1.95 metres
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287:Maximum speed: 47 kts
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118:Coordinates
879:10 January
810:References
789:232004684
654:2001–2002
634:1986–2001
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907:8 January
857:5 October
786:MST 900W
773:Comments
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503:Liverpool
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1008:Website.
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963:Archived
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798:See also
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318:Eyemouth
196:Scotland
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96:Scotland
87:Location
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610:Unnamed
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368:D-class
349:B-Class
345:C-class
269:Crew: 4
188:St Abbs
172:Website
103:Country
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767:Class
708:B-770
686:B-783
666:B-568
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