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Lundin lifeboats (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

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  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    I believe this should actually be labelled "Lundin Lifeboats" Perhaps they are being tested in June 1914, for a honeymoon trip across the North Atlantic query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F4061EFB385A12...
  • technogeo said:
    Right you are, cowboy! The metal lifeboats were designed by Andreas P. Lundin of New York for the Welin Marine Equipment Company. Lundin filed at least nine patents for lifeboats and davits during the period 1908-1914. Not sure if these boats were part of the transatlantic honeymoon stunt. The NY Times refers to them as "a thirty-six foot Lundin power lifeboat towing a twenty-eight foot Lundin decked lifeboat." The newlyweds left New York on July 30th, 1914, with a crew of four, and made it as far as Boston. They were ordered back to Long Island on account of the war. Lucky for them!
  • Kilted Cowboy said:
    ah I knew someone would know what happened with that stunt!
  • Pete (LOC P&P) said:
    Thank you for providing us detailed information about the lifeboats, and we will correct the title.
  • Wystan said:
    Another Bain/LOC photo of the demonstration of the Lundin Lifeboat: Improved version of the Lundin Lifeboat; photo from Bain's 1914 photostream (this is the one that attempted the Atlantic crossing):

Surf club competitors at a surf carnival at Noosa Beach, Queensland, 1952

from State Library of Queensland

  • godisinusall (GreyReb or Chris) said:
    Hard to see image, in size. But it looks like everyone is having a good time at the beach. Thank you for sharing.
  • urs stooss said:
    what is this ? ants ?
  • State Library of Queensland said:
    A larger version of this image has now been uploaded. Hope it looks better now.
  • urs stooss said:
    thank you !

June 29, 1910

from National Library of Ireland on The Commons

  • pyriet said:
    interesting wheel-system
  • XPAT-Polska said:
    A wonderful image.
  • blackpoolbeach said:
    The volunteers of the RNLI are still at Tramore. It must be the only Royal organisation remaining in the Republic of Ireland. www.rnli.org.uk/rnli_near_you/ireland
  • Peggy Bawn Press said:
    Martin Black, author of our publication, ‘G.L. Watson – the Art and Science of Yacht Design’, came up with the following information on this Tramore lifeboat, named “Henley”, after her donor, Mrs G. Henley of Highbury. She was designed by G.L. Watson, Glasgow, Scotland (design no. 233) in 1892, and built by Chambers & Colby of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, as a sailing and pulling, non-self-righting lifeboat. She weighed 3 tons 5 cwt (very light for a lifeboat) and was specifically designed to be very lightweight to allow launching from the soft beach at Tramore. “Henley” was 32 ft long with a beam of 8 ft and carried 10 rowers. “Henley” was based at Tramore from 1893 to 1918 and saved 19 lives. More information on G.L. Watson’s pulling and sailing lifeboats here: peggybawn.wordpress.com/2013/04/14/the-weekend-watson-cha...