RANGITANE’S UP-TO-DATE LIFEBOATS.—The lifeboats on the Rangitane are fitted with hand-worked levers which work a propeller. They can attain a speed of six knots Passengers sitting on either side of the boat, work the levers backward and forward. In the picture the boatswain is showing how the levers are worked.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 887, 3 February 1930, Page 1
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50RANGITANE’S UP-TO-DATE LIFEBOATS.—The lifeboats on the Rangitane are fitted with hand-worked levers which work a propeller. They can attain a speed of six knots Passengers sitting on either side of the boat, work the levers backward and forward. In the picture the boatswain is showing how the levers are worked. Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 887, 3 February 1930, Page 1
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