HM Coastguard Station, Kilkeel/Chill Chaoil
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HM Coastguard Station, Kilkeel/Chill Chaoil
Image: © Eric Jones Taken: 25 May 2010
The station, situated on Harbour Road, acts as the base for the South Down Coast Rescue team. http://southdowncoastguard.co.uk/index.php It was near to this station that the two Tudweiliog men landed in March 1933 after some thirty six hours drifting in an open boat across the Irish Sea. http://www.rhiw.com/hanes_02/tudweiliog_1933/kilkeel/newry_reporter_01.htm http://www.rhiw.com/hanes_02/tudweiliog_1933/fishing_trip.htm Image
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Image Location
Latitude
54.058103
Longitude
-5.993339