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buoyancy Lifejackets Research and Development ResidenciesApril 8, 2018April 14, 2018

Lifejackets of the 20th Century: Part One

During my visit this week to the artefacts collection at the National Museum of the Royal Navy  in Portsmouth, I looked at three lifejackets from 1915, c.1950 and c.1970. 1915 The earliest of these was patented at the beginning of WW1 and was more than a conventional lifejacket. This life saving device was designed and marketed at…

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