A rescue lifeboat is a boat rescue craft which is used to attend a vessel in distress, or its survivors, to rescue crew and passengers. It can be hand...
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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) is the largest of the lifeboat services operating around the coasts of the United Kingdom, the Republic...
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emergency escape Lifeboat (rescue), a boat designed for sea rescues Airborne lifeboat, an air-dropped boat used to save downed airmen Lifeboat (1944 film)...
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A lifeboat or liferaft is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship. Lifeboat drills...
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Lifeboats played a crucial role during the sinking of the Titanic on 14–15 April 1912. The ship had 20 lifeboats that, in total, could accommodate 1,178...
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(rescue) Search and rescue (Ireland) Search and rescue (UK) List of lifeboat disasters in Britain and Ireland "Go Orange Day for Independent Lifeboats"...
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Penlee Lifeboat Station near Mousehole, went to the aid of the vessel Union Star after its engines failed in heavy seas. After the lifeboat had rescued four...
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Since its inception, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has provided lifeboats to lifeboat stations in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Once...
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Offshore Rescue Trust (SORT) is the registered charity that runs the Southport Independent Lifeboat, a marine and land based search and rescue organisation...
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List of active Royal Netherlands Navy ships (section KNRM (Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution))
2016 Training lifeboat C-Rescue 1 2015 Atlantic 75 class [nl] 19 United Kingdom Lifeboat (rescue) RHIB RNLI "Royal National Lifeboat Institution* Maria...
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