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Other Life-Boat Launches

In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 229, 235 and 242, the following launches on service were made during the months March, April and May, 1970, inclusive: Aberdeen - March 9th and May 6th.

Amble, Northumberland - May 6th.

Angle, Pembrokeshire - March 23rd and May 21st.

Anstruther, Fife - March 4th, April 26th and May 29th.

Arklow, Co. Wicklow - March 27th, April 16th and 18th.

Ballycotton, Co. Cork - April 18th.

Barmouth, Merionethshire - May 16th.

Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - April 13th and May 18th.

Bembridge, Isle of Wight - March 4th, 8th, 21st and 28th.

Bridlington, Yorkshire - March 30th and April 21st.

Broughty Ferry, Angus - March 4th.

Buckle, Banffshire - March 23rd.

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - March 7th, 23rd, April 26th, May 4th, 10th, 14th and 24th.

Clogher Head, Co. Lough - May 3rd.

Cloughey-Portavogie, Co. Down - April 1st.

Courtmascherry Harbour, Co. Cork - May 21st.

Donaghadee, Co. Down - April 5th and 12th.

Douglas, Isle of Man - March 16th.

Dover, Kent - April 5th, 8th and 12th (twice).

Dungeness, Kent - March 29th, April 12th (twice), 29th and May 29th.

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - April 9th.

Eastbourne, Sussex - March 1st, 16th and May 16th.

Exmouth, South Devon - March 2nd.

Filey, Yorkshire - March 31st and May 9th.

Fishguard, Pembrokeshire - April 19th.

Fleetwood, Lancashire - May 25th.

Fowey, Cornwall - March 20th, April 6th, 12th and May 22nd.

Galway Bay - March 22nd, 29th (twice), 31st, April 20th, 30th, May 4th and 25th.

Girvan, Ayrshire - March 15th.

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk - May 1st.

Harwich, Essex - May 3rd.

Hastings, Sussex - May 17th.

Holyhead, Anglesey - May 3rd, 20th, 24th and 28th.

Howth, Co. Dublin - May 3rd.

Humber, Yorkshire - April llth, 13th, May 2nd and llth.

Islay, Inner Hebrides - March 21st.

Kilmore, Co. Wexford - March 3rd.

Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - April 12th and May 21st.

Lowestoft, Suffolk - March 18th, April 23rd, May 7th, 17th and 24th.

Margate, Kent - March llth, April 28th, May 16th and 25th.

Minehead, Somerset - April 4th.

Moelfre, Anglesey - April 15th.

Montrose, Angus - March 24th.

Newbiggin, Northumberland - May 10th.

New Brighton, Cheshire - May 9th.

Newhaven, Sussex - March 22nd and April 13th.

New Quay, Cardiganshire - May 13th and 30th.

Penlee, Cornwall - April 30th and May 29th.

Port Erin, Isle of Man - April 20th.

Portrush, Co. Antrim - May 4th.

Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - April 17th.

Ramsey, Isle of Man - May 24th and 31st.

Ramsgate, Kent - April 20th, May 2nd, 6th, 16th and 19th.

Rhyl, Flintshire - May 26th.

St. David's, Pembrokeshire - April 19th, May 24th and 25th.

St. Helier, Jersey - May 6th (twice).

St. Ives, Cornwall - April 24th and 25th.

St. Mary's, Scilly Isles - April 15th and 16th.

St. Peter Port, Guernsey - April 19th and May 28th.

Salcombe, South Devon - April 1st and May 25th.

Scarborough, Yorkshire - April 12th and May 8th.

Selsey, Sussex - March 20th and April 9th.Sheerness, Kent - March 4th, 15th and April 10th.

Shoreham Harbour, Sussex - May 13th.

Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - March 18th.

Stromsay, Orkney - March 15th.

Swanage, Dorset - April Hth, 12th (twice), 19th, 30th, May 17th and 25th.

Tenby, Pembrokeshire - May 31st.

Thurso, Caithness-shire - March 20th.

Torbay, South Devon - March llth.

Troon, Ayrshire - April 28th and May 16th.

Tynemouth, Northumberland - May 3rd.

Valentia, Co. Kerry - May 23rd.

Walton and Frinton, Essex - March 13th, April 23rd and May 26th.

Weymouth, Dorset - March 2nd and April 12th.

Whitby, Yorkshire - March 31st and May 19th.

Wick, Caithness-shire - May 1st.

Workington, Cumberland - May 3rd and 19th.

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - March 2nd, 30th, April 15th and May llth.

Life-boat 70-001 (at Clovelly) - May 3rd (twice).

Life-boat 70-002 (at Scapa/Kirkwall) - April 21st and 28th..