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RNLI MOTOR LIFEBOATS

by Nicholas Leach

Published by Landmark Publishing. 1st. 2005

Very good condition in a slightly better than very good dustwrapper. The History and Development of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution's motor lifeboats. Large format. B/w photos and diagrams. 160 pages includes index.

Bump to top of spine at both front and rear edge. Else contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is creased at top of spine where bumping has occurred.

ISBN: 1843062011
Stock no. 1829472

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Contents

  • PART 1 Development of the motor lifeboat
  • Steam power
  • The first steps to motorisation
  • Twin engines and diesels
  • Rebuilding after World War II
  • The quest for speed
  • Inshore lifeboats
  • Into the twenty-first century
  • PART2 Motor lifeboats of the RNLI
  • Lifeboat tables
  • Appendices
  • 1. Motor lifeboats sold abroad
  • 2. Motor lifeboats on display
  • Index
  • Bibliography

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