Craft suggested to Verhoef Aluminium Scheepsbouwindustrie N.V. by Dutch sea captain has taken form of 16-person aluminum lifeboat, 23 ft long, 6 ft 6 3/4 in. wide by 5 ft deep, entirely closed and provided with 12 hp diesel engine; crew enters by 3 watertight manholes and fourth manhole in conning tower is for coxswain; on parent ship, life boat is on lunching bridge with rollers on sides and at bottom; in case of distress boat could be dropped into water; photographs.
Light-alloy submarine-type lifeboat
Mar Engr Naval Architect
Marine Engineer and Naval Architect ; 85 , n 1035
1962
Article (Journal)
English
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