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Description: | This is a model of an early lifeboat, used from 1834 to 1866. It is double-ended, which means that both ends look the same. It is also flat-bottomed, so it could manoeuvre in shallow waters. The boat is propelled with oars, the rowers sitting on the benches. The model was made by made by W. M. Wake, a Sunderland boatbuilder. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East emergency services | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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