boat drill
practice in launching the lifeboats and taking off the passengers and crew of a ship
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How to use boat drill in a sentence
It was explained that great difficulty frequently exists in getting firemen to take part in a boat drill.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British Governmentboat drill, regulated according to the opportunities of the service, should always be held.
Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' | British GovernmentThere had been no boat drill, and the lifeboat accommodation was hopelessly inadequate for more than eighty people now on board.
Five Months on a German Raider | Frederic George TrayesDinner over, all troops are mustered to a boat drill that includes the lowering of the boats.
Merchantmen-at-Arms | David W. BoneWhy isn't all the spare energy in the ship bent to polishing up our boat-drill?
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