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(Above Left) Exmoiith's Third Lifeboat Victoria a 32Ft Self-Righter Pulling Ten Oars Double-Hanked Was on Station from 1867 to 1884 During Which Time She Rescued 15 P

(Above, left) Exmoiith's third lifeboat, Victoria, a 32ft self-righter pulling ten oars double-hanked, was on station from 1867 to 1884, during which time she rescued 15 people.

In one gale she was hauled on her carriage through narrow, twisting country lanes to launch from Budleigh Salterton to help a fishing smack; she look off the captain after three of the smack's crew had been rescued by Sidmoulh lifeboat..

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