1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VIII.: Mariners' Friend Society
From Graces Guide
310. MARINERS' FRIEND SOCIETY, 58 Fenchurch Street — Inventors.
Model of a station for affording assistance in case of wreck. It provides residence for one man, with whom a brigade is connected for the same purpose, and contains various articles for rescuing life and property, and recovering the apparently drowned.
Model of a village station for similar purposes. The large room, which is intended as a reception room, may also be used for educational purposes, for the benefit of seamen, fishermen, and their families.
Life-belt worn by the brigade.
Wager or racing boat, for one pair of sculls, built of mahogany and maple, with outrigger rowlocks.
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