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Neil:

IS IT, OR ISN'T IT...………..and if it is a genuine White Star Boat, would it not be worth much more.....


wonder if he'd swap for two model lifeboats/…………..


https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/White-Star-Life-Boat/223166260590?hash=item33f5bee56e:g:ZRAAAOSw76dbkWHl

John W E:

hi Neil, I don't know if your eyes are better than mine - but I couldn't see any lifting points along the length of the keel - for the lifeboat to be attached to the Davits - also no location points for the rollicks to row the boat with.   If it was an ex-lifeboat I think you would definitely see signs of this - I err on caution and think it maybe just a canny 'old' boat with a story attached to it.


John

cos918:
I very much doubt that is a lifeboat . No lifting points very small . Looks like a rowing boat with a fake white star line flag on it. I sure they use to paint the flag on to the original boats. Why have Liverpool on it . surely you would have the ships name on it
john

Colin Bishop:
Yes, very small. A typical lifeboat would be around 30 feet long and that looks nowhere near that.
Colin

TheLongBuild:
Article from 2013



https://amp.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/white-star-lifeboat-rescued-from-hedge-29651125.html



Also  and I would have thought restoring it to that level decreases its value if it was real.


Looking at these pictures it does look close in size I think.

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