Boats / Sailing / Ships

Sep. 09, 1955 - Engineering, Marine and Welding Exhibition And The Foundry Trades Exhibition - At Olympia: The 1955 Engineering, Marine and Welding Exhibition and the Foundry Trades' Exhibition, opened today at Olympia. Photo Shows: Seen on the Mechans Ltd, Glasgow, stand at the Exhibition today - is this reinforeced Glass Fibre ship's lifeboat - which is fitted with an 8 h.p. Morris Vedette engine, and can carry 40 people. It is ~~ft Sins by 8ft by 3ft, 4 ins. (Credit Image: © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com)