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Barra Island's 52Ft Barnett R a Colby Cubbin No 3 (Below Right)

and Barra Island's 52ft Barnett R. A. Colby Cubbin No 3 (below right, photograph by courtesy of HMS Gannett) are fitted with emergency air bags to give them a righting capability. The bags are seen here inflated after the two boats had been capsized on service and had righted successfully, Barra Island's Barnett lifeboat in November 1979 and Salcombe's Watson lifeboat in April 1983..

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