New gear invented by MARINMARIE of French Marine Academy, ensures that loaded lifeboat can move safely down sloping side of listing ship; supporting carriage with two pairs of roller wheels is used, without causing major changes in davit and lifeboat construction; carrier descends to surface of sea, where lifeboat will release immediately it floats; rafts or inflated boats are to be laid on cradle and supported in same way.
New type of lifeboat launching gear
Shipbldg Shipg Rec
Shipbuilding and Shipping Record ; 95 , n 26
1960
2 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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