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Lifeboat Eight Loading

Great Britain · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1912Date range
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1912

Charles Herbert Lightoller15 April 1912

North Atlantic · Exploration / Exploration and Discovery

Oversees the port-side departure of lifeboat 8, one of the earlier boats lowered during the evacuation.

Names involved

Charles Herbert Lightoller

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