Lifeboat (shipboard)
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A lifeboat is a small, rigid or inflatable boat carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship. Lifeboat drills are required by law on larger commercial ships. Rafts (liferafts) are also used. In the military, a lifeboat may double as a whaleboat, dinghy, or gig. The ship's tenders of cruise ships often double as lifeboats. Recreational sailors usually carry inflatable life rafts or small proactive lifeboats. These boats are unsinkable, and can be sailed to safety.
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See also
- Women and children first
- "The Lifeboat Party" by Kid Creole
- Airborne lifeboat
- Boat
- Carley float
- Dinghy
- Equipment of the United States Coast Guard
- Lifeboat ethics - an ethical dilemma of resource distribution
- MES - Marine evacuation system
- Poon Lim
- Royal National Lifeboat Institution
- Search and Rescue
- Steven Callahan
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