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DAILY COLLECTION OF MARITIME PRESS CLIPPINGS 2008 – 044<br />
Schuttevaer veel belang hecht aan het inzetten van vaartuigen als de RWS Observer ten bate van de veiligheid. De<br />
vereniging waardeert de medewerking van de medewerkers van het Waterdistrict Merwede Maas zeer bij de promotie<br />
van de binnenvaart, daarom kregen zij de PR-award 2007. Source : Koninklijke Schuttevaer<br />
RNLI's oldest lifeboat <strong>com</strong>ing to Hastings<br />
By : Richard Morris<br />
The Queen Victoria, an oar and sail powered lifeboat, will join the ex-Hastings lifeboat Fairlight in a spectacular<br />
display of historic boats in celebrating the 150th anniversary of the RNLI in Hastings.<br />
The historic Victoria spent her working life at Bembridge on the Isle of White. Built in 1887 she was named in honour<br />
of Queen Victoria on the occasion of her Silver Jubilee. The Queen had been asked to choose a place for a new boat to<br />
be stationed and she selected Bembridge.<br />
After 16 years service she was sold in 1902 to one of the lifeboat crew, and renamed The Ark, eventually be<strong>com</strong>ing a<br />
houseboat in Bembridge Harbour. Abandoned and in a derelict condition, she was purchased in 1989 by Martin<br />
Woodward, the ex-Coxswain of the Bembridge Lifeboat. After nine years of fund raising and almost a year of hard<br />
work the Queen Victoria emerged in 1998 looking absolutely superb, lovingly restored to her original condition and<br />
preserved in the Bembridge Maritime Museum.<br />
RNLI lifeboats had already been operating for nearly 30 years in Hastings by the time the Queen Victoria was built.<br />
The boat in Hastings at that time was the Charles Arkcoll which arrived in 1881, at a cost of £363, looking exactly<br />
like the Queen Victoria does today. The Charles Arkcoll served at Hatings for twenty years between 1881 and<br />
1901.<br />
Commenting on the eagerly anticipated arrival of the Queen Victoria, the present Hastings lifeboat coxswain Martin<br />
Phillips said: "It's absolutely fantastic to have this unique piece of lifeboat history in Hastings for our 150th<br />
celebrations.<br />
"The boat reminds us of the generations of volunteers who have put to sea to save the lives of others, and I hope the<br />
public will take the opportunity to <strong>com</strong>e and see her." Hastings RNLI 150th celebrations will run from April 5th until<br />
April 13. A series of events are planned in and around the lifeboat house and a full programme will be published in<br />
March.<br />
Keep an eye on the Observer and the website, www.hastingsobserver.co.uk , for regular updates.<br />
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