WORLD’S LARGEST, FASTEST LIFEBOAT
FOR AEROPLANE RESCUES. Times Cable. Received Sunday, 7 p.m. LONDON, Jan. 12. The largest and fastest lifeboat in the world, designed for the rescue of distressed cross-Channel aeroplanes, is being built for the Lifeboat Institution. Its speed will be 18 knots. She will be stationed at Dover and will assist cross-Channel steamers, but is unsuitable for the shallow waters of the Goodwins.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 8
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66WORLD’S LARGEST, FASTEST LIFEBOAT Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6810, 14 January 1929, Page 8
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