File:The Alpha II, a fireboat launched in London in 1900 -b.jpg

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Description The previously used rafts, towed by tugs, were replaced by London’s first self propelled fire-floats. These steam driven, shallow draught, craft were based on the Royal Navy gunboats and proved highly effective compared to what they replaced. 1904.
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