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- The Lukin Lifeboat
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The Lukin Lifeboat
In 1789 Archdeacon Sharp on behalf of the Trustees commissioned a lifeboat from Lionel Lukin, who had patented his "unimmergible" boat four years earlier. A fishing coble was converted using Lukin's system and stationed at Bamburgh to assist in saving lives from shipwreck.
Further information from the RNLI on Lukin's unimmergible boat can be found here
