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546: 71: 55: 322: 1088: 618: 330: 78: 222: 527:) sank off Lizard Point with the loss of five lives. There were claims at the time by French marine accident experts that the vessel may have been pulled under when her nets became entangled in a British or Dutch submarine which was conducting 505:
in France. Six of the crew were from Northern Ireland, five from Scotland, and one from Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Found again in 2006, the ship's bell was recovered, and a memorial service was held by family members in August 2008.
109: 485:(1957) was lost in a heavy storm, in over 30 ft (9m) high waves, off Lizard Point on 29 December 1962. All 12 crewmen perished and were never found. She was built by 599: 246: 1627: 396: 1819: 1540: 582:
hit the Maenheere Reef near Lizard Point. In a strong gale and dense fog RNLI lifeboat volunteers rescued 456 passengers, including seventy babies. Crews from
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Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N. With the exception of parts of the
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Lizard Point is for many ships the starting point of their ocean passage and a well known shipping hazard. The
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is situated at Lizard Point. Immediately below the lighthouse, situated in what used to be a hotel, is the
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Landranger Series of Great Britain; Land's End, The Lizard & The Isles of Scilly, sheet 203
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lifeboat is housed in a large boathouse at the base of the cliff. The station features a
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The biggest rescue in the RNLI's history was 17 March 1907 when the 12,000 tonne liner
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line to transport lifeboat crews from the boathouse to the clifftop station car park.
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rowed out repeatedly for sixteen hours to rescue all of the people on board. Six
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items, which range from ornaments to the pump handles in the Five Pilchards
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Lloyd's register of shipping: Register book. Register of ships, Volume 2
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at Kilcobben Cove, two miles (3 km) northeast of Lizard Point. A
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interest. Polpeor Cove is a small cove to the east of Lizard Point.
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Dickens, Charles (9 September 1854). "Cornish Stone".
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Index

Polpeor
Cornish

Lizard Point is located in Cornwall
Cornwall
OS grid reference
SW695115
Unitary authority
Cornwall
Ceremonial county
Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
TR12
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Cornwall
Ambulance
South Western
UK
England
Cornwall
49°57′33″N 5°12′23″W / 49.9591°N 5.2065°W / 49.9591; -5.2065

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