Henry Greathead
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Henry Greathead
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Henry Francis Greathead (1757–1818) was a pioneering rescue lifeboat builder from South Shields. Although Lionel Lukin had patented a lifeboat in 1785, Greathead successfully petitioned parliament in 1802 with the claim that he had invented a lifeboat in 1790, and he was awarded £1,200 for his trouble. Although his claims have been contested, he did build 31 boats, which saved very many lives, and succeeded in making the concept of a shore-based rescue lifeboat widely accepted.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Greathead
date created:
2008-04-20T14:46:27Z
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2024-09-05T21:32:55Z
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