RIB Boats
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Inshore rescue boats invented in Wales.
Eddie Butler is taken on a trip on a RIB boat discovering how the Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat was originally designed and built at Atlantic College in St Donat's in the 1960's. It has since been adopted by the RNLI and has become the world's most widely used craft for inshore rescue.
From:
Wales and the History of the World ; Firsts
First broadcast
:
03 March 2010
Teachers' notes
Age Group : 11-14
Subject : History
Topic : Twentieth century world
Keywords : Welsh inventors, Inventions of Wales, Design and technology, Marine rescue craft,
Notes : Curriculum Cymreig uses - celebrations and inventions of Wales. Cross-curricular links with Design and Technology ( KS3)
