Rescue boat
Fast boat for recovering a person from the water and marshalling liferafts; it must be ready for launching within five minutes.
In 9 languages
| Language | Term |
|---|---|
| English | Rescue boat |
| Russian | Дежурная шлюпка |
| Romanian | Barcă de salvare rapidă (rescue boat) |
| Polish | Łódź ratownicza |
| Latvian | Glābšanas laiva (dežūrlaiva) |
| Filipino | Rescue boat |
| Indonesian | Perahu penyelamat |
| Chinese | 救助艇 |
| Croatian | Brodica za prihvat |
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