Above and below pictures of the day Victoria (II) Lifeboat was launched May 1897.
The man above, standing in front of the window and behind the Victoria (II) with a v-shaped piece of his white shirt showing, is my ancestor William Ahern. At this stage he was a retired lifeboat Coxswain invited to the festivities.
Below the crew have ropes holding the Victoria steady before she makes a public display of her capabilities.
Click play for a TV news spot about the quest to find more information on the Victoria Lifeboat's coxswains and crewmen. I show my ancestor William Ahern who left Blackrock Cork Ireland at age 12 and wandered the world until arriving in Sydney NSW. He married Charlotte Barwell there in 1856. He became a Customs Officer at Newcastle not long after.
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