Oceanic Lifeboat

The newly restored lifeboat from the Oceanic which made its first appearance in public on Wednesday just in time for Boat Week which happens in a weeks time.

The following from the Shetland Times website:

"Formerly known as  the Norna, the vessel at one time operated as a stock boat and relief for the former Bressay ferry Brenda. Originally the Norna was a lifeboat from the ill-fated Oceanic, which was wrecked on the Shaalds of Foula on 7th September 1914.
The Shaalds reef is so close to the surface that it is said you can touch it with an oar when there are spring tides.
Launched in 1899, the White Star liner was for a time the largest ship in the world. Her loss at the time was hushed up as the weather was fine and it was thought there would be a detrimental effect to British morale so early in the war.
The lifeboat has been put back to her original lines, the design of which is the same as the Titanic lifeboats and also built at the Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast."