ROCKET APPARATUS FOR LIFESAVING AT SEA

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Rocket equipment was stored inside the Oblesik to use in the case of an emergency at sea. A rocket was used to fire a line to a ship in distress from which a stronger rope or cable was drawn out from the shore to the ship, and along it was run a cradle or chair in which the shipwrecked persons were landed.

The first apparatus of this type was invented by Henry Trengouse in the UK in 1808.

For more information about lifesaving apparatus used to rescue a ship’s crew in distress please visit:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Trengrouse
https://digital.collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/nodes/view/4097
http://www.thessvlbhistory.co.uk/pdf/LSA%20%20Equipment%20presentationv2.pdf