SAFETY IN THE CHANNEL
PROTECTION FOR AEROPLANES. MOTOR LIFEBOAT LAUNCHED. British Wireless. Rugby, Nov. 21." The largest motor lifeboat in the world is being launched on the Thames to-day. It is 64 feet long, has two cabins, and is propelled by two 375 h.p. Thorneycroft engines. It is capable of exceeding 20 miles an hour in a rough sea, and has been built specially for speedy rescue of aeroplanes which may come down in the Channel. It will be stationed at Dover.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 November 1929, Page 9
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