lifeboats
Ship's escape craft
Lifeboats are small boats kept on larger vessels for emergency evacuation.
When a ship sinks, passengers board lifeboats to await rescue.
The word extends to any emergency provision or backup plan: The severance package was a lifeboat for laid-off workers.
Lifeboat also describes rescue craft launched from shore to reach vessels in distress.
Pivoting crane for lifeboats
- oarsBladed poles for boats
- paddlesHandheld water propulsion tools
- tillerBoat steering lever
- rudderPivoting stern blade
canopy · motor · outboard · provisions · bailer · painter · thwarts · gunwale
Floating without control
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
- exposureState of being unprotected
dehydration · sharks · currents · drift · flare · rescue · landfall · hope
Seafaring emergency responders
- SAREmergency location efforts
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- RNLIUK sea rescue charity
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
searchlight · beacon · flare · radio · recovery · survivors · retrieval · mission
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Pivoting crane for lifeboats
rudder · canopy · motor · outboard · provisions · bailer · painter · thwarts · gunwale · falls
adrift
Floating without control
- castawayShipwrecked and stranded person
- rationingLimiting distribution during scarcity
- provisionsStockpiled food and supplies
exposure · dehydration · sharks · currents · drift · flare · rescue · landfall · hope · endurance
coastguard
Seafaring emergency responders
- SAREmergency location efforts
- search-and-rescueLocating and retrieving imperiled persons
- RNLIUK sea rescue charity
helicopter · searchlight · beacon · flare · radio · recovery · survivors · retrieval · mission · responders
evacuation
Removal from danger
alarm · crisis · disaster · sinking · capsizing · collision · fire · flooding · peril · urgent
inflatable
Expandable by air
freefall · tender · dinghy · raft · launch · cutter · self-righting · motorized · capacity · covered
- TitanicTitanic, RMS Titanic, iceberg, sinking, maiden voyage
- seamanshipseamanship, steering, anchoring, navigation, chartwork
- maritime operationscoast guard, coastal patrol, harbor patrol, naval patrols, patrol ships
- UK seasoffshore oil, oil rigs, fishing fleets, trawlers, Royal Navy
- ship specslength, beam, width, tonnage, gross tonnage
- maritimeships, ship, anchors, sailor, harbor
lifeboatswarships
Military combat vessels
battleships · attack submarines · torpedo boats · U-boats · destroyers
lifeboatsdeathtraps
Lethally unsafe places
sinking ships · icebergs · torpedoes · shipwrecks · watery graves
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Primary craft carrying others
ocean liner · flagship · cruise ship · passenger liner · aircraft carrier