FASTEST LIFEBOAT
CHRISTENED BY PRINCE OF • ,m,-WALES.' • , ■ % V • > . • ■-■ (Official Wireless.) .-“‘v* i-t (Received thie day at 12-12/5. p.m.) f RUGBY, July 10. Th® Prince of Wales, at Dover, christened the world’s largest and fastest motor lifeboat, naming, the vessel' Sir: William Helary after the foundei- of the Lifeboat Institution vyhb dating his life was concerned m saving SOS lives. : The president and secretary of the French'Lifeboat Society attended the function'. , The Prince in a speech, said the boat::stationed at England’s gateway to the" continent was to guard.against casualties fri steamship and aeroplane traffic!' Speed was essential in responding to calls for help from aircraft, which came down in the channel, and in designing the-new boat these special requirements were .. borne in mind. <
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Hokitika Guardian, 11 July 1930, Page 5
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