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EMBARCATION SAUVETAGE [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Safety (Water Transport)
DEF

A propelled boat of rigid and open, partially enclosed or totally enclosed construction that can be launched in various ways from a vessel and is used for the evacuation of its occupants.

CONT

Lifeboats from large vessels are usually equipped with ample pyrotechnic and visual aids, and may carry emergency radios. Many also have power and/or sail propulsion. If more than one boat is launched, they might be grouped or tied together to make sighting easier.

OBS

A lifeboat can be designed to encompass the function of a rescue boat.

OBS

lifeboat: designation and definition standardized by the Marine Terminology Approval Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Sécurité (Transport par eau)
DEF

Embarcation propulsée de construction rigide et ouverte, semi-fermée ou fermée, pouvant être mise à l'eau de diverses façons à partir d'un bâtiment et servant à l'évacuation de ses occupants.

OBS

L'embarcation de sauvetage peut être conçue pour englober la fonction de canot de secours.

OBS

embarcation de sauvetage : désignation et définition normalisées par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie maritime.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Air Safety
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

A fast motorboat used to rescue survivors of a plane crash at sea.

OBS

These boats were fast boats used to rescue pilots, crew and passengers from downed aircraft in search and rescue [or] air-sea rescue missions. The boats would race out to a crash site and rescue wounded aircrew.

OBS

crash boat; crash launch; rescue boat: designations officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Sécurité (Transport aérien)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
OBS

embarcation de secours; embarcation de sauvetage : désignations uniformisées par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de barcos
  • Seguridad (Transporte aéreo)
  • Búsqueda y salvamento (paramilitar)
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