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Dave Kennett

Coxswain Yarmouth Arun class lifeboat Bronze medal 28 October 1989 SW winds reached Force 11 during Coxswain Kennett's long and arduous service to a Ro-Ro ferry off Swanage in the Relief Arun class lifeboat Margaret Russell Fraser. Her cargo had shifted and she was anchored without power three and a half miles offshore. Two crew were rescued from a scrambling net at her stern in total darkness.

The coxswain of Swanage lifeboat was awarded a Certificate of Thanks on Vellum for the same service..

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