Evacuation system

An evacuation system for a vessel or offshore facility comprising a storage unit having a length, a width and a height defining a volume of the storage unit, the storage unit in a storage situation being adapted to house:

• i) one or more self-propelling, inflatable floatable units, the inflatable floatable units each having a capacity of more than 150 persons, and
• ii) a deployment arrangement having a displacement device,
• wherein a maximum height of the storage unit is 2.7 meters, and the displacement device is adapted to displace the one or more self-propelling, inflatable floatable units in a substantially horizontal and linear direction out of the storage unit below the maximum height and subsequently lower the one or more self-propelling, inflatable floatable units into the water in a substantially vertical direction,
• wherein the deployment arrangement comprises an overhung transverse crane system comprising the displacement device, which displacement device is adapted to displace the crane system horizontally and linearly out of the storage unit until a lifting platform is free to be lowered into the water, and
• wherein the displacement device comprises at least two telescopic arms arranged above the lifting platform and below the maximum height of the storage unit.