Lifeboats in a sentence

According to historians, the third-class passengers would not have been locked below deck, which in the movie denies them access to lifeboats.

All-weather cover will be provided by Shannon-class lifeboats at Broughty Ferry and Montrose.

Both Weymouth Lifeboats launched and rescue helicopter R175 scrambled.

British sailors shoot nine Germans in lifeboats.

For lack of adequate lookouts, life jackets and lifeboats are now needed in quantity, for steerage and first-class alike.

In 1941, a German U-boat sank the American merchant steamship SS Robin Moor in the South Atlantic after the ship's passengers and crew were allowed to board lifeboats.

It was later revealed that a government inspector recommended it should have 50 per cent more lifeboats but feared for his job if he did not allow the ship to sail.

Lifeboats were also damaged during the incident on 31 March 2016.

Multiple lifeboats, coastguard rescue teams and the coastguard helicopter all rushed to the incident at around 11.30pm.

On arrival, volunteer crews of both lifeboats were able to assess and extract the casualty from their Kayak into the D Class.

The crew didn’t know how to properly carry out an evacuation and launched many lifeboats half-full, with third-class passengers left behind, causing many of them to become trapped below decks as the ship filled with water.

The first class promenade, meanwhile, was almost completely free of lifeboats, meaning the first class passengers could stroll and admire clear views of the Atlantic on either side.

The number of people crossing the English Channel on small boats in the last five-and-a-half years could have passed 100,000 following fresh arrivals of migrants on lifeboats today.

They wish to thank everyone who attended the service at Co-op Funeralcare Service Chapel taken by Rev Peter Williamson, and for the generous contributions given to the chosen charities, Rowcroft and Torbay Lifeboats.

Williams reportedly helped passengers board lifeboats for hours, before jumping into the water.

HM Coastguard sent helicopters from Inverness and Stornoway to the incident and were supported by volunteers who came with lifeboats from Troon and Arran.

It is not just about the crew members braving the waters, of whom only one in ten has a maritime profession, with literally thousands of dedicated fundraisers, and volunteer shore crews helping with launching and recovering lifeboats.

Meanwhile most of the deckhands have taken to the lifeboats or jumped into the cold cold water, deserting the sinking ship however they can.

Once the yacht was safely moored in Plockton bay, both lifeboats departed the scene with Kyle lifeboat arriving back on station at 6.30am, where the boat was washed down, refuelled and made ready for service.

Several vessels responded and assisted in rescuing the crew and passengers who had left the ship in lifeboats, Commodore Shane Arndell, the maritime component commander of the New Zealand Defence Force, said in a statement.