Instructional Model of a Breeches Buoy

Instructional Model of a Breeches Buoy

Image Details

Title Instructional Model of a Breeches Buoy
Reference Number STH0016096
Photographer Unknown
Town or Village South Shields
Date 1968
Original Format Black and White Photograph
Period 1960s
Copyright South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information Brigadesmen C.Thompson and G.O.Nickson constructing an instructional model of a breeches buoy watched by Captain J.D.Straker. The apparatus is similar to that used to rescue the crew of the "Adelfotis II" in 1963.