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Inshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1980

Aberdovey, Gwynedd April 14, May 4 and 5 Abersoch, Gwynedd April 9 and May 28 Aberystwyth, Dyfed April 10, 12, May 4 and 16 Arran (Lamlash), Buteshire April 26 Atlantic College, South Glamorgan March 3, May 18 and 26 Bangor, Co Down May 3 Barmouth, Gwynedd May 4, 28 and 31 Barrow, Cumbria April 30 and May 21 Beaumaris, Gwynedd March 4, 18, 19, April 3, 13 and 31 Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland May 31 Blackpool, Lancashire March 2 (twice), 24 (twice), April 12, May 11 (twice), 12, 14, 15 and 17 (twice) Blyth, Northumberland March 29 (twice), April 13 and May 20 Borth, Dyfed April 19 and May 4 (twice) Bridlington, Humberside April 12 and 19 Brighton, East Sussex March 30, April 2 (twice), 26, May 3 (three times), May 15 and 17 Broughty Ferry, Angus March 2, April 13, 15, 16, 20, May 18 and 31 Bude, Cornwall April 5 Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex April 12, 18 and May 17 Burry Port, Dyfed May 29 Clacton-on-Sea, Essex April 5, 6 and May 24 Conwy, Gwynedd May 14, 16 and 24Criccieth, Gwynedd April 1, May 11 and 24 Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear May 7 Eastbourne, East Sussex April 18 and May 16 Exmouth, South Devon April 10, May 3, 4, 11 (twice) and 31 Falmouth, Cornwall April 6 Fleetwood, Lancashire April 3, May 2, 3, 17, 18, 25 and 27 Flint, Clwyd May 4 Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk March 8, 16, April 6, 20 and May 18 Hartlepool, Cleveland March 7, 30, April 16, 28, May 11,18,19 and 20 Harwich, Essex March 8, 10, 14, April 7, 18, 30, May 13 and 18 Hastings, East Sussex April 7, 20, 25 (twice), May 11 (twice), 16 and 20 Hayling Island, Hampshire April 6, May 11, 18 and 31 Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire March 2, April 19, 20, May 2, 18 and 19 Horton and Port Eynon, West Glamorgan May 1 1 and 29 Howth, Dublin April 7 Hunstanton, Norfolk April 20 and May 11 Kippford, Kirkcudbrightshire April 7 and May 7 Largs, Ayrshire April 13, 14, May 5, 9, 11, 17, 25 and 28 Little and Broad Haven, Dyfed April 12 Littlehampton, West Sussex March 31, April 5, 6, 7, May 4, 10 and 28 Llandudno, Gwynedd April 29, May 11 (three times) and 26 Lyme Regis, Dorset March 14, April 6, May 6, 16 and 24 Lytham-St Anne's, Lancashire April 13, May 18 and 19 (twice) Margate, Kent April 7, 16 and May 30 Moelfre, Gwynedd April 15 and May 16 Morecambe, Lancashire May 14 Mudeford, Dorset April 16, May 3, 10 and 31 The Mumbles, West Glamorgan April 4, 13, May 4 (twice), 27 (twice) and 30 New Brighton, Merseyside March 1,7, 11, 17 and April 29 New Quay, Dyfed April 5 and May 30 Newquay, Cornwall April 4, May 17 and 25 North Berwick, East Lothian April 5 and 23 North Sunderland, Northumberland April 5 and 13 Oban, Argyllshire April 27 and May 17 Peel, Isle of Man March 2, 9, 29 (twice) and May 10 Plymouth, South Devon April 5. 7, May 11 (twice), 18 and 25 Poole, Dorset March 3, 28, May 9 and 31 (three times) Port Isaac, Cornwall May 12 Portsmouth (Langstone Harbour), Hampshire April 15, 18, May 1, 2, 4 (twice), 11 and 21 Port St Mary, Isle of Man April 20 Pwllheli, Gwynedd April 6, 7 and 20 Queensferry, West Lothian April 4, 6, 7 and 10 Redcar, Cleveland May 29 Rhyl, Clwyd April 13 and May 11 Rye Harbour, East Sussex May 4 and 21 St Abbs, Berwickshire May 24 St Agnes, Cornwall April 12, 15 and 26 St Bees, Cumbria April 27, May 26 and 31 St Ives, Cornwall March 26, April 3, 4 and May 15 Scarborough, North Yorkshire April 7 and 8 Selsey, West Sussex May 4, 25 (twice) and 31 (twice) Sheerness, Kent March 22, 23, 26, May 3 (twice), 4 and 23 Shoreham Harbour, West Sussex April 12, 18, May 14, 23 (twice) and 29 Silloth, Cumbria May 7 and 18 Southend-on-Sea, Essex March 15, 30 (twice), April 13 (twice), 26 (twice), May 9 (twice) 16, 17, 19, 22, 26 and 31 Southwold, Suffolk May 11 Staithes and Runswick, North Yorkshire March 28, April 8, May 7, 14 (twice) and 26 Sunderland, Tyne and Wear May 9 and 15 Tenby, Dyfed May 19, 25, 26 (twice), 27 (twice), 28 and 29 Tighnabruaich, Argyllshire April 12 and May 28 Trearddur Bay, Gwynedd April 20 Wells, Norfolk May 23 West Kirby, Merseyside March 1, 4 and 6 West Mersea, Essex April 1, 10, May 2, 4, 18, 25 and 30 Weston-super-Mare, Avon May 20, 25 (twice) and 31 Whitby, North Yorkshire April 2, 6 and 26 Whitstablc, Kent April 12, 13, 14, May 5, 18 and 30 Withernsea, Humberside April 4 (twice), 7 and May 10 (twice)SERVICES AND LIVES RESCUED BY OFFSHORE AND INSHORE LIFEBOATS January 1, 1980, to July 31, 1980: Services: 1,315; lives saved 573 THE STATION FLEET (as at 31/7/80) 131 offshore lifeboats 127 inshore lifeboats operating in the summer 51 inshore lifeboats operating in the winter LIVES RESCUED 105,863 from the Institution's foundation in 1824 to July 31, 1980.