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Pictured: Clyde class 'Dolphin' built in 1965 and served Clovelly from 1968 to 1975. The Clyde class cruising lifeboat was the largest ever built for the RNLI at 70 feet long and the first to have a steel hull.<br />
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A Parade of Sail featuring 40 modern, historic and international lifeboats concludes Poole Lifeboat Festival in Poole Harbour, Dorset, celebrating 200 years of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.<br />
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Vessels of all shapes and sizes sailed from across the UK and Europe to form a 1.5 nautical mile flotilla.