The modern crews from the Whitby lifeboats pose in front of the "Robert & Ellen Robson" - the last "pulling" lifeboat in RNLI service.
[a 34ft Rubie class pulling lifeboat built in 1918, served in Whitby 1947 - 1957]
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National Historic Ship - Register info for the Robson

www.nationalhistoricships.org.uk/register/2204/robert-and-ellen-robson

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