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535: 60: 44: 311: 1077: 607: 319: 67: 211: 516:) sank off Lizard Point with the loss of five lives. There were claims at the time by French marine accident experts that the vessel may have been pulled under when her nets became entangled in a British or Dutch submarine which was conducting 494:
in France. Six of the crew were from Northern Ireland, five from Scotland, and one from Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. Found again in 2006, the ship's bell was recovered, and a memorial service was held by family members in August 2008.
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hit the Maenheere Reef near Lizard Point. In a strong gale and dense fog RNLI lifeboat volunteers rescued 456 passengers, including seventy babies. Crews from
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Lizard Point is the most southerly point on mainland Great Britain at 49° 57' 30" N. With the exception of parts of the
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Lizard Point is for many ships the starting point of their ocean passage and a well known shipping hazard. The
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is situated at Lizard Point. Immediately below the lighthouse, situated in what used to be a hotel, is the
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Landranger Series of Great Britain; Land's End, The Lizard & The Isles of Scilly, sheet 203
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lifeboat is housed in a large boathouse at the base of the cliff. The station features a
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The biggest rescue in the RNLI's history was 17 March 1907 when the 12,000 tonne liner
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line to transport lifeboat crews from the boathouse to the clifftop station car park.
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rowed out repeatedly for sixteen hours to rescue all of the people on board. Six
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items, which range from ornaments to the pump handles in the Five Pilchards
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Lloyd's register of shipping: Register book. Register of ships, Volume 2
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at Kilcobben Cove, two miles (3 km) northeast of Lizard Point. A
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Admirals of the World: A Biographical Dictionary, 1500 to the Present
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interest. Polpeor Cove is a small cove to the east of Lizard Point.
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Dickens, Charles (9 September 1854). "Cornish Stone".
980:. Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Archived from 602: 871:"5 Saved in Ship Fire: 2 Vessels Missing with 22", 441:was off Lizard Point at 3 pm on 29 July 1588. 426:is of particular interest, being interpreted as an 345:. It is situated half-a-mile (800 m) south of 789: 954:"French trawler Bugaled Breizh 'was sunk by sub'" 1785: 820: 792:The Kings & Queens of England & Scotland 737: 452:, took place off The Lizard on 21 October 1707. 651: 679:Chambers's Encyclopædia of Universal Knowledge 506:On 15 January 2004 the French fishing trawler 1610: 1059: 756: 357:and about 11 miles (18 km) southeast of 845: 322:Lizard Point seen from near the Youth Hostel 848:Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare 1617: 1603: 1066: 1052: 538:The disused lifeboat slipway, Polpeor Cove 1624: 498: 372:of England and the wider United Kingdom. 533: 375: 317: 309: 850:. 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Cornish

Lizard Point is located in Cornwall
Cornwall
OS grid reference
SW695115
Unitary authority
Cornwall
Ceremonial county
Cornwall
Region
South West
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
TR12
Police
Devon and Cornwall
Fire
Cornwall
Ambulance
South Western
UK
England
Cornwall
49°57′33″N 5°12′23″W / 49.9591°N 5.2065°W / 49.9591; -5.2065

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