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Description: | Scale: 1:12? Label from a contemporary full hull model of a pulling and sailing lifeboat (1851) mounted on its original crutches and baseboard.
On label: "Lifeboat proposed by Mr G Turner, Master Shipwright of HM Dockyard, Woolwich in 1851. Extra buoyancy obtained by a W.T. Deck and raised air chambers. Means of freeing boat of water are by four scuppers. This boat would not self-right if upset in a sea-way". Submitted for Duke of North..? Premium in 1851.
CA: BAC. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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