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Death by lifeboat – safety drills may cost your life – Alison Bate ...

The need for lifeboats as opposed to other lifesaving equipment, such as liferafts, stems from the belief that survival craft should be able to be navigated ... International Safety At Life At Sea (SOLAS) regulations require all ships' crew stage abandon ship and fire drills every month and to lower boats into the water every three ...