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One of the first Lundin decked lifeboats to be built. A 26-foot boat undergoing steamboat inspection test with full complement of persons on board Jse Decked Lifeboat in Rescue Captain Fried of the President Roosevelt Used Lundin Decked Lifeboats to Rescue the Crew of the Antinoe HE officers and men of the S. S. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT have re- ceived and deserve’ unstinted praise for their skill, bravery and dogged perseverance in effecting the rescue of the entire complement of the doomed British freighter ANTINOE in mid-Atlantic. For four days, in the severest kind of weather and mountainous seas, from Jan. 24 to 28 the PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT stood by the disabled vessel until the transfer had been successfully accomplished. All accounts of this modern epic of the seas are unanimous in stat- ing that this feat would have been impossible without the aid of the wireless, the radio compass, and the Lundin decked lifeboats. With ref- erence here particularly to the latter, the New York Sun for Feb. 1, 1926 in an article on the vital part played by modern inventions in this rescue, said in part: “Without the Lundin lifeboats, an innovation of the last decade. Captain Fried might have been forced to stand powerless on the bridge and watch the freighter go down with all hands. Lundin Boat Almost Unsinkable “The Lundin boat, which is still re- garded with suspicion by older sea- men, is an all metal, broad, shallow lifeboat, so buoyed up with air com- partments as to be almost. unsinkable. It cost Captain Fried of the PRESI- DENT ROOSEVELT six Lundin boats to save the ANTINOE’S crew. He at- tempted to use none of the other types hanging on the davits. This is an indorsement so sincere and from such an authoritative source that the Lundin may be accepted universally as the lifeboat for the heaviest seas. “In rescuing the sailors of the Italian freighter IGNAZIO FLORIO two months ago Captain Grening of the PRESIDENT HARDING also used Lundin boats exclusively. “Chief Officer Miller, when he ar- rived in Queenstown, spoke with un- restrained enthusiasm of the Lundin boat, and one of the ROOSEVELT’S pas- Saving Lives at Sea Proper provision for safeguard- ing the lives of passengers and crew and for affording efficient aid to other vessels in distress under the severe conditions at- tending marine disaster demands the installation of life-saving equipment that will render ade- quate and unfailing service. sengers, a veteran of many crossings, insisted that no other type of life- boat could have lived in the waves between the American and the Brit- ish liners.” Such a remarkable practicable demonstration of service has natural- ly aroused a special interest in this type of lifeboat and the manner of its construction. The boat is built by the Welin Davit & Boat Corp., 305 Vernon Ave., Long Island City, N. Y. The design, which is approved in every respect as class 1-A, is based on years of study and practical sea-going experience by Capt. A. P. Lundin. It possesses stability, sea- worthiness and reserve buoyancy to 21 so marked an extent that overloading due to confusion or darkness will not endanger the safety of the occu- pants. Ample fenders of balsa pro- tect it from damage by blows against the ship’s side (this was one of the outstanding attributes in the heavy seas during the rescue) and also give added buoyancy and stability. With its high freeboard, folding wooden top sides and inner self-bail- ing deck, the comfort and protection of a dry boat are afforded the pas- sengers. There is also greater seat- ing space per persons than is ordi- narily possible with the usual type. These boats may be nested compactly under davits and if not launched can be cut loose to float off safely from a sinking ship. Construction Gives Strength The lines of the Lundin decked life- boat are of the scow type with spoon- shaped bow and stern. It is made of galvanized steel with a well deck above the load waterline. The flat bottom has a 6-inch keel plate riveted through two angle stiffeners. It is further stiffened by longitudinal flanges of the bottom plates at the seams, and a short bilge connects the bottom with the flat sides of the boat. The steel deck is carried out to the sides and raised only at the ends. Along the sides’ are strapped the fenders of encysted balsa, metal sheeted, removable for painting the sides. Between the bottom and the deck the boat is dividend by transverse bulk-heads into eight water-tight com- (Continued on Page 44)