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Official naming ceremony for new RNLI Sennen Cove lifeboat
A formal naming ceremony for a new RNLI lifeboat is set to take place in Cornwall later. The class D lifeboat arrived at Sennen Cove RNLI lifeboat station in November to replace the Amy Brown which served the station since RNLI said the lifeboat was funded entirely by Geoffrey Bluff, who left half of his estate to benefit Sennen Cove RNLI after his death in 2018. It said the lifeboat was named Arangy, at Mr Bluff's request, in memory of his late wife Rita and himself.
'Extremely grateful'
Neil Willis, volunteer lifeboat operations manager at Sennen Cove RNLI, said: "I think I speak for everyone connected with the station when I say we are very proud to receive this new D class lifeboat which will serve our volunteers extremely well over the next decade. "We are extremely grateful to Mr Geoffrey Bluff for his kindness in funding our new lifeboat."The RNLI said the naming ceremony would start at 15:00 BST in Sennen Cove Harbour and conclude with the volunteer crew launching the lifeboat.
