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life raft

NOUN
  1. a raft to use if a ship must be abandoned in an emergency

How To Use life raft In A Sentence

  • The life raft was spotted around three miles off the coast, and the five marooned sailors were winched to safety by the Navy aircraft.
  • On February 1, 1966 the four-man life raft from the aircraft was found off the coast of North Vietnam approximately 152 miles from the last known position of the aircraft. Sennett, Robert R.
  • Three Kingfisher pilots searching for ships in distress radioed they had spotted life rafts in the stormy Atlantic.
  • However, there was an oil slick, life rings and life rafts visible when coastguards reached the site.
  • The life raft has not deployed. Times, Sunday Times
  • Find out where the life rafts are on a ship. Times, Sunday Times
  • Hopes of finding them alive were dashed on Friday when the capsized vessel was found with its life raft on board. Times, Sunday Times
  • He directed them to abandon ship and to board life rafts in the 25-foot seas.
  • His body had drifted in a life raft known as a Carley float from November 19, 1941, when the Sydney sank, until the night of February 23-24, 1942, when it washed up on Christmas Island. Veterans Today - News for U.S. Military Veterans Jobs, VA Benefits, Home Loans, Hospitals & Administration
  • Pilots had begun learning how to parachute with life rafts dangling between their legs. Spitfire Women of World War II
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