A RISKY ADVENTURE. LONDON TO MELBOURNE IN A LIFEBOAT.
A despatch from London to Melbourne last week stated that Captain Jorgeiuen, late of the Norwegian ship Ragna, who recently started on the voyage from London to Australia in a small patent lifeboab only 30 feet in length, has safely accomplished the first 2,000 miles of the journey, having arrived at Madeira. Captain Jorgenrfen'b intention is to accomplish the entire voyage from London to Melbourne in his patent boat), which is built of iion, and is only 30 feet long and 8 tons in measurement. This is an experiment to prove the actual value of Jorgenseu's patentlifeboab, and to show thac it can live in the open sea and in any kind of weather. The Jorgensen life-boat is made ot iron or steel, and ib consists of nothing else than the waler tanks which every ship must carry to contain a supply of fresh water for the passengers and crew. Each lifeboat is made up of so many tanks, which in case of wreck can be attached to each other by bolts and screws in a few minutes. The forward tank is shaped like the bow of a ship, the after tank being fitted with a rudder. Fresh water ballast is placed between the false and true bottom of each tank, and serves the double purpose of a good supply and of keeping the tanks upright. Each tank will float by itself, but they are, of course, more manageable when connected together in the shape of a boat. Provision is made for supplies of solid food to be placed in a watertight compartment in each tank. A mast can also be shipped. The tanks are placed on rollers so as to be easily moved from place to place. The idea of the invention occurred to Captain Jorgensen when in Melbourne a year ago, and ib ' is his intention to have the boats manufactured in Melbourne, where his invention was warmly approved of by the chief officers of the Harbour Trust and by the Victoria Humane Society as a simple and ' practical means of saving life at sea.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 416, 2 November 1889, Page 5
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356A RISKY ADVENTURE. LONDON TO MELBOURNE IN A LIFEBOAT. Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 416, 2 November 1889, Page 5
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