• The Vincent lifeboat engine was a unique design of two-stroke petrol engine. It was developed during World War II as a highly efficient engine for airborne...
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    radio and enough fuel for 300 miles of travel. Lindholme Gear Vincent lifeboat engine Notes Morison, 2007, p. xxvi. Time, August 6, 1945. "World Battlefronts:...
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  • United States. List of British car manufacturers Vincent lifeboat engine – another two-stroke engine of comparable vintage, with two power cylinders sharing...
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    name HRD, initially renaming it as Vincent HRD, producing his own motorcycles as HRD did previously with engines purchased as complete assemblies from...
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    Arnault made a deal with Vincent to lend him the two lifeboats for Le Musée Maritime Chantereyne at Cherbourg. The lifeboats were left outdoors and, over...
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    Mersey-class lifeboats are All-weather lifeboats operated by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) from stations around the coasts of Great Britain...
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    Second Officer Charles Lightoller later arrived on A Deck to finish loading Lifeboat 4, Astor helped his wife, with her maid and nurse, into it. He then asked...
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    starter. Spring starters can be found in engine-generators and hydraulic power packs, and on lifeboat engines, with the most common application being backup...
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    751), a Watson-class lifeboat from Aldeburgh Lifeboat Station No.1 Station. Cecil and Lilian Philpott (ON 730), a Watson-class lifeboat from Newhaven, Sussex...
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  • Phil Irving (category Vincent designers)
    Repco-Brabham Formula One and Vincent motorcycle engines. He also worked at Velocette motorcycles, twice and designed the engine of the 1960 EMC 125cc racer...
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