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What further evidence need we that the lifeboat is almost, if not altogether, indestructible? That the lifeboat is insubmergible has been proved to some extent by the foregoing incident. No better instance could be adduced to prove the buoyancy of the life boat than that of the Tynemouth boat, named the Constance, at the wreck of the Stanley, in the year 1864.
He took out a patent for it on the 2nd November, 1785, and wrote a pamphlet on lifeboats, entitled "The Invention, Principles, and Construction of Insubmergible Boats." His boat was rendered buoyant by means of a projecting gunwale of cork, and hollow air-cases within it; one of these being at the head, the other at the stern. It was ballasted by means of a false iron keel.
At the last moment he had resolved to risk all and rushed to the side, intending to jump into the boat. "Shove off," was shouted. The boat shot from the vessel's side. The bowman hauled on the cable. In a few seconds the oars were shipped, the anchor was got in, and the overloaded but insubmergible craft disappeared into the darkness out of which it had come.
Wherein does it differ from other boats?" are questions sometimes put. Let us attempt a brief reply. A lifeboat that is to say, the present lifeboat differs from all other boats in four particulars: 1. It is almost indestructible. 2. It is insubmergible. 3. It is self-righting. 4. It is self-emptying.
So, we repeat, the lifeboat is almost indestructible. That she is insubmergible has been proved by what has already been written, and our space forbids giving further illustration, but a word about the cause of this quality is necessary.
This was not one of those splendid boats which now line the shores of the United Kingdom; nevertheless, it was a noble craft one of the good, stable, insubmergible and self-emptying kind which were known as the Greathead lifeboats, and which for many years did good service on our coasts.
A lifeboat that is to say, the lifeboat of the present time differs from all other boats in four particulars. It is almost indestructible; it is insubmergible; it is self-righting; it is self-emptying. In other words, it can hardly be destroyed; it cannot be sunk; it rights itself if upset; it empties itself if filled.
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