Launches & Call Outs

Last year RNLI lifeboats rescued almost 8,000 people, an average of 21 people per day.

Service Calls 1952

Hyperlinked dates lead to launch stories

13th Jan - Charles Dibden rescued 38 crew from the French steamer, Agen that ran aground on the Goodwin Sands.

 

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David Chamberlain, a local author, has kindly provided articles regarding two wrecks on the Goodwin Sands in 1946 and one from 1952. The service call linked above leads to the story for the 1952 incident.

 

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