A specially constructed double ended boat which can withstand heavy, rough seas.
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CHOCK, BOAT
A cradle or support for a lifeboat.
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DAVIT
A crane arm for handling lifeboats, stores, etc.
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LIFEBOAT DAVIT
A crane on a ship which hold the lifeboat. It is constructed in such a way as to lower and lift the lifeboat the easiest way possible and are also unobstructed in case of an emergency.
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LAUNCH
To lower, e.g. lifeboats to the water
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FREE FALL LIFEBOAT
A lifeboat designed for rapid release (notably in tankers) by being dropped into the water down a launching railway.
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R.N.L.I.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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RNLI
Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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GOVERNOR BRAKE
An arrangement that controls the maximum speed of lowering for a lifeboat on gravity davits.
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CHINE
The intersection of the middle and sides of a boat
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NAVAL TRAWLER
A converted trawler, or boat built in that style, used for naval purposes.
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