The Southwold Lifeboat and Its Skipper. 1912.

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The Southwold Lifeboat and Its Skipper. 1912.

  • The Southwold Lifeboat and Its Skipper. 1912.

  • Photographs.
  • £12.50

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For Sale is a Full Page removed from "The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, October 5th, 1912," showing Two Half Page pictures for "The Southwold Lifeboat and its Skipper."
   
This picture shows "Captain" Sam May, the skipper of the Southwold Lifeboat, who has just been decorated with a medal which the Queen of Holland had struck for him for his rescue of a crew of the Dutch steamer "Voorwaartz" in a storm. He is also the originator of the endless line system for lifeboat launching.

Condition is Very Good.