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NT6879 : The Dunbar Lifeboat in Victoria Harbour

near to Dunbar, East Lothian, Great Britain

The Dunbar Lifeboat in Victoria Harbour

A TV camera man films the Dunbar lifeboat in the harbour as a British Divers Marine Life Rescue team prepares to board the lifeboat and be taken 1½ miles off shore to try and free a 40 foot long humpback whale that had become entangled in a lobster pot line. The whale was entangled in prawn fishing gear off St Abbs the day before and the fishing boat crew cut their nets to free the animal. A BBC and STV camera crew were covering the story although the STV crew trumped the BBC by chartering a boat to get pictures out at sea where the action was taking place. After a difficult rescue operation, and just before darkness fell, the whale was eventually freed. For details of the rescue see these RNLI and BDMLR links: Link

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2011

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Grid Square: NT6879, 211 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Walter Baxter (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Wednesday, 16 November, 2011 (more nearby)
Submitted: Thursday, 17 November, 2011
Geographical Context: Coastal
Subject Location: OSGB36: NT 6800 7928 [10m precision]
WGS84: 56:0.3231N 2:30.8834W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: NT 6803 7928
View Direction: WEST (about 270 degrees)