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Lifeboats

Boat used primarily as an emergency means of leaving a larger boat or ship in case of emergency scene

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  • A boat is being tossed around off shore as men and horses with a life-boat prepare to launch a rescue attempt. Wood engraving after E. Duncan.

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    The book of the lifeboat : with a complete history of the Lifeboat Saturday movement ... / edited and arranged by J.C. Dibdin and John Ayling.

    Dibdin, James C. | Date: 1894
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    Grace Darling participating in the rescue of survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 off the Farne Islands, coast of Northumberland. Photograph after W.B. Scott.

    Scott, William Bell, 1811-1890. | Date: [19--?] | Reference: 3163095i
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    A boat is being tossed around off shore as men and horses with a life-boat prepare to launch a rescue attempt. Wood engraving after E. Duncan.

    Duncan, Edward, 1804-1882. | Reference: 29340i
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    Casualities afloat : with suggestions for their prevention and remedy. Illustrated by original anecdotes / by A.F. Kynaston.

    Kynaston, A. F. (Augustus Frederick) | Date: 1849

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