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First Trial of Greathead's Lifeboat
- When
- 30 January 1790
- Where
- Unspecified location
- Part of
- First Rescue Lifeboat Test
Greathead's specialized rescue lifeboat, capable of carrying twenty people, underwent its first trial on 30 January 1790.
The boat was designed to carry twenty people. It went out on its first trial on 30 January 1790. This event marked the testing of a specialized rescue lifeboat, following the 1789 incident where a ship was stranded on a sandbank and the crew could not be rescued due to storm conditions.
Sources
- Henry Greathead Wikipedia, revision of 2026-04-10
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