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Duke of Kent to help open ‘Tank Factory’ display at Bovington (From Bournemouth Echo)EXMOUTH RNLI’s state-of-the-art new lifeboat will receive a Royal seal of approval this month.
At his official visit on March 19, His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent, who is president of the RNLI, will be given a demonstration of the all-weather lifeboat’s prowess and meet the volunteer crew.
With their Royal cargo, the crew will launch to perform manoeuvres off Exmouth beach with coxswain Steve Hockings-Thompson demonstrating a beach landing, close to the lifeboat station before recovery to the boathouse.
The Duke will then meet station, fundraising and shop volunteers inside the boathouse.
A ROYAL visitor will help open the Tank Museum in Bovington’s new exhibition dedicated to the design and manufacture of British armoured vehicles later this month.
HRH the Duke of Kent, who is a patron of the museum, will cut the ribbon on the display, named Tank Factory, on March 26, with the help of Mavis Jones, who was a factory worker during the Second World War.
Funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, the exhibition tells the story from 1916 to the present day about the men and women who built these complex machines and how the demands of factory life affected the workforce and wider society.
HRH The Duke of Kent will be visiting the South Devon Railway on Thursday morning where he will be inspecting the railway's extensive engineering works and officially opening the impressive new £200,000 workshop extension.
During his stay, The Duke of Kent will meet many of the staff and volunteers who make the SDR tick ranging from the engineering, running shed, carriage and wagon personnel to footplate crews to station groups, museum and gardens workers, catering and retail staff, and permanent way and cutting back teams.
HRH Prince Edward, Duke of Kent who is President of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, paid a visit to the RNLI station in Exmouth this afternoon.
The Duke met RNLI volunteers and local dignitaries including MP Hugo Swire and the Mayor of Exmouth, Bill Nash. The Prince’s visit follows the launch of the new Shannon class boat R and J Welburn in 2014.
The new boat features jets that allow it to operate in shallow waters and be intentionally beached. Devon company Supacat Ltd also designed a tractor borne carriage in conjunction with the Shannon class boat, to allow faster and safer launchand recovery time than the prior Mersey system.
The Duke of Kent has now left hospital:
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When was the last time The Duchess of Kent was spotted? I always delight in seeing her and she always carries herself with such dignity.