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Pictures Above and Below Show the Longhope Lifeboat, the David and Elizabeth King and E.B., Just Before the Naming Was Done By Mrs. Marian Thornton, An Edinburgh Solicitor's Wife, Who Was N

Pictures above and below show the Longhope lifeboat, the David and Elizabeth King and E.B., just before the naming was done by Mrs. Marian Thornton, an Edinburgh solicitor's wife, who was nominated by the family of Miss Charlotte A. King whose legacies paid for the boat. The Longhope boat is also a Solent, her skipper being Coxswain John Leslie..

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