On April the 9th, the men launched the lifeboats and headed for dry land for the first time in many months. |
We had a good evening, got a taxi back, and bought doner kebabs the size of small lifeboats. |
He also knew that it was impossible to lower lifeboats and rafts to save the crew and the vessel's passengers. |
All seven crew members were rescued by lifeboats from Hamble and Calshot before being transferred to waiting ambulances at Warsash. |
Nelson liked to salvage a few lifeboats from defeated French ships for this very purpose. |
So the decision was made to have nuclear batteries on the mother ship alone, and use small temporary batteries on the lifeboats. |