Category:Lifeboats

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System-search.svg  See also categories: Life rafts, Search and Rescue boats and MOB boats
System-search.svg  See also category: Ships' boats

[edit] Categorisation help on Ships' Lifeboats versus Ships' boats versus Search and Rescue boats versus Rescue lifeboats

Shore-based rescue boats were commonly called Lifeboats in the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the United Kingdom Search and Rescue boats are still named Lifeboats. Where this term is used, shore-based rescue boats may be classified as rescue lifeboats.

Not every ships' boat is a lifeboat. A lifeboat generally has survival gear, is built to survive rough water, and can carry more than a few people. Lifeboats carried on ships, to provide for evacuation of personnel in the event of sinking or fire, should be classified as ships' lifeboats. Ships' lifeboats may double as tenders. MOB (man overboard) boats are rescue boats carried on ships. They are generally small, fast, and equipped with rescue gear.

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Subcategories

This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.

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Media in category "Lifeboats"

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