Lizard lifeboat first callout in anger - on a Saturday night.

Gill netter, Sparkling Line seen here in Newlyn earlier in the year.

The new lifeboat based at the Lizard in west Cornwall was been launched for its first rescue over the weekend. The RNLB Rose was called out to help a Newlyn fishing boat with six people on board after it suffered engine failure.  The 18m (60ft) netter Sparkling Line got into trouble 21 miles off The Lizard just before 21:00 BST on Saturday. See full story on the BBC web site here

NEW LIFEBOATS LAUNCHED BY DUKE OF EDINBURGH

The new boat is the latest in a number that have been stationed in one of the most inhospitable coves around the UK's coast. Film extract courtesy of British Pathé.

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