features of a jolly boat with those of a whaleboat and found the result extremely seaworthy and particularly effective in carrying out shore landings. The design was particularly buoyant and was often described as a type of lifeboat. Several captains ordered these boats for their own ships, while the Admiralty considered the possibility of ordering a general replacement of old-style jolly boats with the new 'lifeboat' design on several occasions, but were deterred by the cost. By 1815 however the Stores Committee had authorised the replacement of the old-style jolly boats with the improved versions as and when it proved practical for a ship's commander to carry this out. See also Betsey (schooner), tale of shipwrecked crew who took to a jolly boat The survivors of the sinking of the SS Anglo Saxon in 1940 who survived 70 days adrift in a jolly boat. HMY Britannia – now a floating museum in Leith, Scotland – carries two modern jolly boats in davits, one port and one starboard Notes References