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Proposal for freeing boat skids, booms &c in case of shipwreck Long Caption: No scale. Plan showing a plan view, and section for a proposed method of freeing the boat skids, booms, &c from the ship in certain cases of shipwreck or foundering, where the skids booms and casks are attached and used as liferafts for the ships company. Attached to the plan is a letter of explanation by William Adams. Credit line: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London Object: ZAZ6888 Artist: William Adams Date: December 1801 Medium: technical drawing Size: 386 mm x 459 mm Click here to buy a bespoke print of this image.