• 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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    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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    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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  • (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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    Higgins Industries A-1 lifeboat. The A-3 lifeboat was a key element of "Dumbo" rescue flights of the 1950s. EDO built the lifeboat of aluminum alloy to...
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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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    foot surf rescue boat is a lifeboat that the United States Coast Guard has used in recent years. The 30' long boat is designated the surf rescue boat (SRB)...
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    The A-1 lifeboat was a powered lifeboat that was made to be dropped by fixed-wing aircraft into water to aid in air-sea rescue operations. The sturdy airborne...
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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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    Airborne lifeboats were powered lifeboats that were made to be dropped by fixed-wing aircraft into water to aid in air-sea rescue operations. An airborne...
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  • 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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    The 44-foot motor lifeboat was the standard workhorse of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) rescue boat fleet. The 44′ MLB has been replaced by the 47′...
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    The 47-foot MLB is the standard lifeboat of the United States Coast Guard (USCG). The 47′ MLB is the successor to the 44′ MLB. At Station Chatham where...
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    Maritime rescue device made of stiffened netting Kendrick extrication device – Extrication brace for motor vehicle accidents Lifeboat (rescue) – Rescue craft...
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    Longhope Lifeboat Station is the base for Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) search and rescue operations at Longhope on the island of South Walls...
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    the reformation of a rescue organisation to serve the town, and the creation of Ryde Inshore Rescue Service. The first lifeboat service in the town started...
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    Margaret Wright (née Ace; 1854–1933) are known for their rescue of crewmen from the Mumbles lifeboat, which had gone to assist a wrecked German barque during...
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    air-sea rescue aircraft, including flying boats that had less need to drop heavy lifeboats since the aircraft could land on the water and perform rescues directly...
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    with all 13 of the St Anne's Lifeboat, Laura Janet. The 12 crew of the Mexico were eventually rescued by the Lytham Lifeboat, Charles Biggs. In the words...
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    total number of Cape-class lifeboats to 36. The vessels are staffed by a crew of four, of which at least one is a rescue specialist. In spite of its...
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    Southport Lifeboat Station is a former lifeboat station, located in the Victorian seaside town of Southport, situated to the south of the River Ribble...
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    searches. Lifeboats are provided by volunteer agencies, most often by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. Aircraft for an air-sea rescue were originally...
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    the daring rescues Coast Guard seamen performed, using them. Unlike the Coast Guard's more recent motor lifeboat, the 47 foot motor lifeboat, the 36 foot...
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    Pierce". TCPalm. Retrieved 19 October 2010. "Museum gets lifeboat from pirate hostage rescue". NewsOK. Retrieved 6 July 2013. Trejos, Nancy (19 March...
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    easy refloat and is ideal for rescues close to shore and on the sandbanks which are along the coast at Southwold. The lifeboat is operated by a crew of around...
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    Lifeboat Station is located on Hastings Avenue, in the seaside town of Clacton-on-Sea, on the Tendring peninsular, in the county of Essex. A lifeboat...
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    Coast Guard operates four 52-foot Motor Lifeboats (MLBs), which supplement its fleet of 227 47-foot Motor Lifeboats. These vessels were built in the late...
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    station's new motor lifeboat. During the Second World War, the station's crew and lifeboats were involved in many rescues. Watson-class lifeboat RNLB Canadian...
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