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- Sculpture of William Wouldhave. Public Domain photograph by J. H. Cleet., Welcomme Collection.
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- William Wouldhave (1751–1821) is a rival of Lionel Lukin for recognition as inventor of the lifeboat. His tombstone (erected thirteen years before Lukin’s) describes him as: ‘Inventor of that invaluable …
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Jubilee Memorial, South Shields
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Jubilee Memorial, South Shields
- West face carries a medallion portrait of William Wouldhave, the east face one of Henry Greathead. Wouldhave and Greathead are the disputed inventors of the modern first self-righting lifeboat. The …

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