Dungeness RNLI lifeboat tows MFV to Dover Harbour

The RNLI lifeboat was called at 08.00 hours on Monday 23 February 2009 to a fishing vessel broken down, 3.5 miles north east of Dungeness. The fishing vessel was on passage from Great Yarmouth to Exmouth. Roger Gillett, the coxswain on duty said "it seemed the head gasket had gone on the engine. We towed the vessel to a safe anchorage in Dover Harbour to enable the engine to be repaired"

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The RNLI charity saves lives at sea. Its volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service around the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland coasts. The RNLI operates over 230 lifeboat stations in the UK and Ireland and has more than 100 lifeguard units on beaches around the UK. The RNLI is independent of Coastguard and government and depends on voluntary donations and legacies to maintain its rescue service. Since the RNLI was founded in 1824 its lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved over 137,000 lives.

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