Übersetzung für 'escape trunk' von Englisch nach Deutsch

escape trunk

Schleusenkammer {f}

• However, they could not open the escape trunk's top hatch.
• A new group of divers arrived on scene at about 05:00 after reviewing salvage connections, escape trunk configuration, and other details on "La Pedrera".
• The only damage to the torpedo room compartment appeared to be a hatch missing from the forward escape trunk.
• On October 2, 1959, approximately 15 miles southwest of Key West, Commander Bond and Chief Engineman Cyril Tuckfield safely completed a 52-second, 302-foot buoyant ascent from the forward escape trunk of the U.S.
• An escape trunk is a small compartment on a submarine which provides a means for crew to escape from a downed submarine; it operates on a principle similar to an airlock, in that it allows the transfer of persons or objects between two areas of different pressure.

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• Thirteen men (of thirty survivors) left the forward escape trunk: five were picked up by the Japanese; three more reached the surface "but were unable to hang on or breathe and floated off and drowned"; the fate of the other five is unknown.