The Carley float (sometimes Carley raft) was a form of invertible liferaft designed by American inventor Horace Carley (1838–1918).[1] Supplied mainly to warships, it saw widespread use in a number of navies during peacetime and both World Wars until superseded by more modern rigid or inflatable designs. Carley was awarded a patent in 1903 after establishing the Carley Life Float Company of Philadelphia.[2]
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^Mayne, Richard (2000). The Language of Sailing. Taylor & Francis. p. 55. ISBN 1-57958-278-8.
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launched her whaler and each destroyer launched her three Carleyfloats. Several men in the Carleyfloats died either from wounds or from drowning in the swell...
order "abandon ship" and eight men got away on a Carleyfloat. The German ships fired on the Carleyfloat and a motor boat carrying survivors of Strongbow...
and three sailors from Kingston Agate reached the submarine using a Carleyfloat (a liferaft). After a quick search failed to find the U-boat's Enigma...
supply-laden Carleyfloats to reach the shore party, but the strong current swept them away. She moved closer to the shore, launched her remaining floats and returned...
internal report, his next task was to examine whether a carleyfloat with a corpse onboard that floated onto Christmas Island in 1942 could have come from...
explosion she sank by her bow. Of more than 600 men, only 12 on two Carleyfloats reached the shore. 600 Navy 1914 Russia Pallada – On 11 October Pallada...
pushing the lifeboat under water, but the crew managed to get four Carleyfloats clear of the ship. Esquimalt sank in less than five minutes. Because...
established at the entrance of Broken Bay. A target consisting of a carleyfloat was towed into position and anchored when required for the exercises...
Navy). 14 crew were rescued by the lifeboat Jesse Lumb. Her master and two crew abandoned ship on a Carleyfloat and came ashore near Longstone Harbor....
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