Exmouth Lifeboat Launch

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Established in 1992, the South West Film & Television Archive collection spans from 1893 to the present day containing more than 250,000 items. Formed from a variety of depositors, including broadcast news and programmes material from the Westward and TSW archive. In 2018 the archive collection transferred to The Box in Plymouth.

Exmouth Lifeboat Launch

The Box
Exmouth
1961-10-01
Mute

This is the Watson-class George and Sarah Strachan Royal National Lifeboat Institution boat being launched off the beach in the Exe estuary in 1961. The boat had been built in 1931 by shipbuilding firm J. Samuel White of East Cowes and served the Exmouth RNLI's Station until 1963 when it was replaced by the newer Watson-class lifeboat Michael Stephens. A newly built lifeboat station was opened in 2009 after an appeal raised funds to modernise the facilities.

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