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Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.) Expired Application number Inventor Arthur Reed James William Close Original Assignee Arthur Reed James William Close Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google Patents A New or Improved Folding or Collapsible Lifeboat.
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Google Patents GB191220981A - A New or Improved Folding or Collapsible Lifeboat. The account has now come to light after it was put up for sale at auctioneers Henry Aldridge and Son of Devizes, Wilts.Īuctioneer Andrew Aldridge, said: "These are three first generation photographs of the recovery of Titanic's last lifeboat.GB191220981A - A New or Improved Folding or Collapsible Lifeboat. Most of them succumbed to exposure and died and 12 were rescued by another lifeboat before the collapsible boat was allowed to drift away. It was washed over the side when the Titanic disappeared beneath the waves and about 30 people in the freezing water climbed on it in a desperate attempt to survive. Official records relating to the disaster show the boat was never launched from the ill-fated liner after it struck an iceberg at started sinking on the night of April 14, 1912.
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Edward died from exposure while holding his wife's ring and his body was lowered overboard to make the unstable boat lighter. This belonged to Gerda Lindell who died while trying to reach her husband Edward in the lifeboat. The three corpses are believed to be two firemen from the engine room and first class passenger Thomson Beattie, 37, who was dressed in his dinner jacket.Ī wedding ring bearing the inscription "Edward to Gerda" was also found on the boat.