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Book synopsis

In 1912 Noel Methley published his comprehensive and well informed book about the history and work of life-boats. It describes the circumstances under which life-boats were invented and the establishing of a global Live-Saving-Service, the construction and equipment of life-boats, their different owners and conveyers, and their special characteristics and their usage all over the world. The focus lies on the system of life-boats in Great Britain, but readers also gain a lot of information about the development of marine life-saving work in the USA, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Scandinavia Russia, France, Spain, Portugal, and in the British colonies.§Reprint of the original edition with many illustrations.

Book details

• Full title: The Life-Boat and Its Story
• Author: Noel Methley
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 420
• EAN: 9783954272358
• ID: 01954493
• Publisher: Maritimepress
• Weight: 526 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 148 × 24 mm
• Date of publishing: 10. March 2015

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