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.
Reprint of the original edition with many illustrations.