Lifeboat (rescue)
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For a shipboard vessel designed to provide emergency escape, see Lifeboat (shipboard).
A rescue lifeboat is a boat rescue craft which is used to attend a vessel in distress, or its survivors, to rescue crew and passengers. It can be hand pulled, sail powered or powered by an engine. Lifeboats may be rigid, inflatable or rigid-inflatable combination-hulled vessels.
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