Survival craft
AssigneeViking Life-Saving Equipment A/S
InventorJens Nielsen
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Abstract
A survival craft for maritime evacuation of passengers and crew members from a vessel or an offshore facility is disclosed. The survival craft has a hull, predominantly made of non-rigid inflatable tubes and one or more shells, the hull has a length, a width and a centerline, a bow and a stern. The survival craft further comprises a first pair of engine-powered propulsion means arranged at the stern on opposite sides of the centerline, and a second pair of engine-powered propulsion means arranged at the bow on opposite sides of the centerline, each engine-powered propulsion means has a propeller or a water jet, wherein a horizontal angle of each propeller or water jet of each engine-powered propulsion means can be independently set in relation to the centerline.
Claims16
A survival craft for maritime evacuation of passengers and crew members from a vessel or an offshore facility,
- the survival craft having a hull, predominantly made of non-rigid inflatable tubes and one or more shells,
- the hull having a length, a width and a centerline, a bow and a stern,
- the survival craft further comprises:
- a first pair of engine-powered propulsion means arranged at the stern on opposite sides of the centerline, and
- a second pair of engine-powered propulsion means arranged at the bow on opposite sides of the centerline,
- each engine-powered propulsion means has a propeller or a water jet, wherein a horizontal angle of each propeller or water jet of each engine-powered propulsion means can be independently set in relation to the centerline, the horizontal angle can be adjusted or set at a predetermined horizontal angle, the centerline is set to zero degrees, and each horizontal angle of each propeller or water jet is different from zero degrees.
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