AORANGI’S LIFEBOATS
FIFTEEN TO BE CARRIED. TWO FITTED WITH WIRELESS. LONDON, November 17. A lifeboat which, when fully loaded with 85 souls, one man can lower to tho ■water from a sinking ship in a few minutes is now being put on ocean liners for the first time. A party of shipping representatives from London have just viewed a demonstration on the new motor-ship Aorangi at tfio Fm’rheld yards on the Clyde. By releasing a lever the boat automatically drops to the promenade deck, where passengers can quickly embark, following which it is lowered to tho water. The first vessel to be fitted with the new apparatus is the Aorangi which is due to leave London shortly on her maiden voyage to New Zealand and Australia. The Aorangi carries 15 of the boats, two of which are fitted with wireless, including a motor-boat.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19341, 29 November 1924, Page 10
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