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lifeboat

Small land-based vessel specially built for rescuing swimmers in danger of drowning, or a boat carried aboard a larger ship in case of a need to abandon ship.
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Two life boats also attended and the RNLI later winched the car clear.
CAR STUCK AS TIDE RUSHES IN by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
Life boats from Lough Swilly and the Aran Islands and a vessel from the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency were also helping in the search.
Copters in diver hunt by The Mirror (London, England)
The leap from the 600ft Princess of Scandinavia sparked a rescue operation involving life boats, the Coastguard and the Northumbria Police helicopter.
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