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life-saving

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1 - LIfejackets or lifesavers made of fluctuating material preferably cork. According to what is recommended by Rules in the Safety of Life at Sea, the lifesaver must be solid, ...

trundle truck

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A kind of low car, with a low skid mounted on four wheels, used for the transport of heavy sling volumes. 2 - Square rock, with a plain surface, which is moved on sand, on the ...

developed kilometers

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See Developed Length.

swell

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1 - The same as wave. 2 - Big wave, part of the rought sea produced by the wind action. Its height (distance between the peak and the pit) increases in direct proportion to the ...

knuckle

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Any abrupt change in the direction of the external surface of the hull, in shell plating, in a bulkhead, in a frame or any other part in the ship's structure.

messenger

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1 - Cable used to connect the ship aground or when victim of an accident to the land or, in case of towing, to connect the two ships, thus allowing the transference of people and ...