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Encyclopedia Britannica



BODY PLAN

This article appears in Volume V16, Page 604 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: BLA-BOS
BODY PLAN .
E, Wale, or fender.
F, Iron
keel
  ballast, import-ant in general stability and self-righting.
G, Water-ballast tanks.
H, Drop-
keel
 .
previously held by all competent judges that a mechanically-propelled
life
 -boat, suitable fqr service in heavy weather, was a problem surrounded by so many and
great
  difficulties that even the most sanguine experts dared not
hope
  for an early solution of it. This type of boat (fig. 3) has proved very useful. It is, however, fully recognized that boats of this description can necessarily be used at only a very limited number of stations, and where there is a harbour which never dries out. The highest
speed
  attained by the first hydraulic steam
life
 -boat was rather more than 9 knots, and that secured in the latest 91 knots. In 1909 the
fleet
  . of the Institution included 4 steam life-boats and 8 motor life-boats. The experiments with motor life-boats in previous years had proved successful.
The other types of pulling and sailing life-boats are all non-self-righting, and are specially suitable for the requirements of the different parts of the
coast
  on which they are placed. Their various qualities will be understood by a glance at the illustrations (
figs
 . 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8).
The Institution continues to build life-boats of different sizes according to the requirements of the various points of the
coast
  at which they are placed, but of
late
  years the tendency has been generally to increase the dimensions of the boats. This
change
  of policy is mainly due to the fact that the small


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