Wonderful old postcard showing Swanage Lifeboat Station circa 1905.
Wonderful old postcard showing Swanage Lifeboat Station circa 1905.
The RNLI Lifeboat station was established in 1875 at Peveril Point after locals requested the station after the wreck of the brigatine Wild Wave on 23 January 1875.
The station officially opened on 16th of September 1875.
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