Post by Admin on Jun 2, 2013 10:43:06 GMT -5
Samuel Plimsoll: Commemoration for the 'sailor's friend'
The life of a politician credited with protecting the lives of thousands of sailors has been commemorated at the church where he is buried in Kent.
Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol on 10 February 1824, but died in the town of Folkestone 74 years later.
He is best remembered for creating the Plimsoll Line, which appears on the hull of seafaring ships to show safe loading limits, preventing accidents.
LINK: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21387016
The life of a politician credited with protecting the lives of thousands of sailors has been commemorated at the church where he is buried in Kent.
Samuel Plimsoll was born in Bristol on 10 February 1824, but died in the town of Folkestone 74 years later.
He is best remembered for creating the Plimsoll Line, which appears on the hull of seafaring ships to show safe loading limits, preventing accidents.
LINK: www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-21387016