00:00 So we're here at the site of the historic Hastings Lifeboat, the Cyril and Lillian Bishop
00:07 and the winter covers that have used to protect it have come off today, finally in June
00:14 but they revealed a problem. When the deck was examined a carpenter went onto the deck
00:21 and his foot went straight through the deck in two places on board where it had rotted
00:28 and it was unable to sail over the winter despite the covers being on.
00:32 This lifeboat was actually involved in rescuing hundreds of stranded servicemen
00:40 from the beaches of war-torn Dunkirk where it earned itself the nickname 'The Ghost of Dunkirk'.
00:47 So now they're looking at ways in which it could be further protected and restored for future years.
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