Lifeboat (search and rescue)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
This article is about search and rescue vessels. For other uses of the term Lifeboat, please see Lifeboat.
Organizations with Search and Rescue duties maintain shore-based lifeboats ready to go to sea to search for lost or stranded individuals. The first boats built with rescue in mind were constructed in the mid-eighteenth century.[1] Modern search and rescue lifeboats are self-righting, and equipped with modern navigation technology.
References
- ↑ Clayton Evans (2004). Rescue at Sea. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1591147131. Retrieved on 2009-02-20.