Lifeboat Small 320×79 Medium 640×158 Large 1024×253 Download TIFF Original 2400×593 | (354.8 KB) Description "Sheer Plan of a Ten-Oared Lifeboat. the 33-feet, double-banked, ten-oared, self-righting, and self-emptying lifeboat of the institution on its transporting carriage, ready for launching." —The Encyclopedia Britannica, 1910 Keywords bank, carriage, Launch, lifeboat, oar, Righting, Sheer, Ten-Oared, transportation Galleries Human-Powered Boats and Ships Source: The Encyclopedia Britannica, New Warner Edition (New York, NY: The Werner Company, 1893)