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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>''Lifebelts for the Navy'' is a letter written by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] published in the [[Evening Standard]] on 7 october 1914.<br />
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== Lifebelts for the Navy ==<br />
[[File:evening-standard-1914-10-07-p8-lifebelts-for-the-navy.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Evening Standard]] (7 october 1914, p. 8)]]<br />
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Sir, — Your naval correspondent, Commander Jane, took me to task in your columns recently for so unreasonable a demand as that our sailors should be provided with some means of escape from certain death when their ships founder.<br />
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I had suggested an inflatable rubber belt. He will be interested to hear that an inflatable rubber collar has actually been adopted, and is, as I understand, now being served out to every sailor.<br />
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: Arthur Conan Doyle.<br />
: Windlesham, Crowborough.<br />
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