Th? 4Kfl bin Ouklrv class l./:nnl-(. 'tulgwimlifeboat - James anil Catherine Macfarlune - pulls ni n from her bouthousc itl Kilcobbcn Cove. Tin- l.i:urtl. The Minion, with its dramatic backdrop, was opened M HK/l I lit' Duke of Edinburgh, in July /%/. The lifeboat, formerly at I'ail.siow, was transferred to Lizard-Cadgwith station in Julv IVR4. The photograph was taken b I'eter B. Gunlaek who generously offered n for u. e in Tin: LimOAT.

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