- A
breeches buoy is a rope-based
rescue device used to
extract people from
wrecked vessels, or to
transfer people from one
place to
another in situations...
-
trousers or
tracksuit bottoms.
Fencing breeches are also used as
protective clothing for the legs.
Breeches buoy, a
device for
moving a
person from one...
- and crashes,
setting the roof ablaze. A Navy
rescue team
attaches a
breeches buoy between the
Promenade Room and the roof of the
adjacent 102-story Peerless...
-
English and French), and a Tail
block designed to
support the
breeches buoy. Once the
breeches buoy lines and the
Crotch Pole (an A frame) ****embled, the survivors...
- used
either to
direct a rescue-boat to the ship, or, later, to
mount a
Breeches buoy. The
apparatus was
invented by
Captain George William Manby, inspired...
- to the barge, and both
marooned men made it
safely back to s**** via
breeches buoy, 17
hours after they
first found themselves drifting towards the falls...
- deck, and
brought the rope to s**** to
people waiting on the beach. A
breeches buoy was
attached to the rope, and all
those aboard the ship were able to...
-
residents Captain James and his men
rescued the
entire crew by
rigging a
breeches buoy to the
stricken schooner. This was to be the
first rescue of an extraordinary...
-
Sophia (possibly
using a Lyle gun), and then
evacuate the p****engers by
breeches buoy. This
would have been
extremely hazardous and it
would have been unlikely...
- retrorocket).
Rockets were used to
propel a line to a
stricken ship so that a
Breeches buoy can be used to
rescue those on board.
Rockets are also used to launch...
