UNSINKABLE LIFEBOAT
A demonstration was given at London Docks recently of a, ship’s lifeboat which is reversible, unsinkable, self-emptying, and cannot be capsized. , The principle of the craft is simply that it is like two boats, similar to very broad punts in shape, builL bottom to bottom (says the London “Daily Mail”). If by any chance it is turned over, almost an itn-
possibility, there is another boat, exactly similar, in its 'place. In the bottom are two non-return, valves, which let water out. but cannot let it in, and tanks for fresh water and food at each end can bo reached whichever side is uppermost. So great is the power of suction under the boat that it does not capsize, even if the valves are closed, and it is lilted with water. It is the invention of Mr Gaskin, an ex-ship’s car■pouter, who spent 60 years at sea.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 February 1928, Page 3
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149UNSINKABLE LIFEBOAT Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 4 February 1928, Page 3
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