Apparatus for handling boats from a midships hangar or mission bay of a mother vessel
AssigneeVestdavit Gruppen AS
InventorAtle Kalve
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Abstract
An apparatus for launching, stowing and retrieving of daughter boats (1) from a midships hangar or mission bay on a mother vessel comprises at least one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle (2), located one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel. The daughter boats (1) are secured on specially designed stationary cradlesalong a plurality of longitudinal tracks (5) and also on at least the two stationary cradles (2) one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel which are also specially designed and lie along at least one transverse track (6).
Claims10
An apparatus for launching, stowing and retrieving of daughter boats from a midships hangar or mission bay on a mother vessel, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one davit assembly positioned atop a stationary cradle, located one each near the starboard and port of the mother vessel, a transverse track and at least one longitudinally track, one or more transversely moving wagons and one longitudinally moving wagon for each longitudinal track;
- and,
- wherein the daughter boats are secured on stationary cradles along the longitudinal tracks, the cradles comprises an aft bench and a front bench, the front bench is demountable, and the aft bench is pivotable about a vertical axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.