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<p>A <b>lifeboat</b> or <b>liferaft</b> is a small, rigid or inflatable <a href="page.php?w=boat">boat</a> carried for emergency evacuation in the event of a disaster aboard a ship. <a href="page.php?w=Lifeboat_drill">Lifeboat drill</a>s are required by law on larger commercial ships. Rafts (<a href="page.php?w=raft">liferaft</a>s) are also used. In the military, a lifeboat may double as a <a href="page.php?w=whaleboat">whaleboat</a>, <a href="page.php?w=dinghy">dinghy</a>, or <a href="page.php?w=Captain%27s_gig">gig</a>. The <a href="page.php?w=ship%27s_tender">ship's tender</a>s</p><p>
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