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2. Palfinger Marine - Wikipedia

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   The product portfolio now consists of marine-, offshore-, and wind cranes, boats, davits, and winches as well as handling/access equipment, and slipway systems. PALFINGER's marine business is a supplier for deck equipment and lifesaving appliances for the whole maritime industry.

3. Davit - Wikipedia

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   A davit (/ ˈ d eɪ v ɪ t /) [1] is any of various crane-like devices used on a ship for supporting, raising, and lowering equipment such as boats and anchors. [ 2 ] Davit systems are most often used to lower an emergency lifeboat to the embarkation level to be boarded.

4. Axel Welin - Wikipedia

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   In 1889 he started his own engineering firm, the Welin Davit & Engineering Company Ltd. He soon designed the famed Welin Breech. However, his main interest was davits. He invented a new and improved davit for lowering boats on board ship, a quadrant davit for double-banked boats which simply became known as the Welin davit.

5. Ship's boat - Wikipedia

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   A merchant ship usually carried on board: (1) the launch or long-boat; (2) the skiff, the next in size and used for towing or kedging; (3) the jolly boat or yawl, the third in size (4) the quarter-boat, which was longer than the jolly-boat and named thus because it was hung on davits at a ship's quarter; (5) the captain’s gig, which was one ...

6. Montagu whaler - Wikipedia

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   The falls from the davits attach to a patent disengaging gear so that they may be detached from the boat simultaneously, with the boat just above the water. This allows the seaboat to be lowered whilst the ship still has way on. Each watch had an assigned seaboat crew and a team of lowerers to get the boat away.

7. USS San Bernardino (LST-1189) - Wikipedia

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   [1] [7] The vessels also have davits for four vehicle and personnel landing craft (LCVPs) and could carry four pontoon causeway sections along the sides of the hull. [2] [3] San Bernardino was initially armed with four Mark 33 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber guns in two twin turrets.