RecordModel, of South Shields lifeboat Step Laverick< 1 of 1 > Back made in Great Yarmouth
Model, of South Shields lifeboat Step LaverickThis wooden model of a South Shields lifeboat called 'Step Laverick', represents one of the earliest purpose-built lifeboats from around 1789. It was built to a scale of 1:12 by Mr P A Rumbelow of Great Yarmouth. The model is a copy of one in Yarmouth Maritime Museum. It closely resembles a model hanging in St Hilda's church in South Shields called 'Original', made by Stephen Laverick, a senior apprentice at Greathead's at the time when the actual 'Original' was being constructed. Hence the name of 'Step Laverick' for this model. The design of the South Shield's lifeboats was so successful that by 1804 the boatbuilders, Henry Greathead, had built a total of 31 similar boats for England, Scotland and abroad. The boats were not self-righting but they were unsinkable. Record detailsTo search on related items, click any linked text below.
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