Talk:Denton raft

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Quote: Denton (biscuit) floats on the other hand were basic three foot square buoyancy aids with loops of tarred rope round the edges - providing men in the water with something to hang on to. Unfortunately they weren’t really big enough to clamber on to and eventually, when hypothermia set in, the poor survivor would simply loose grasp of the grab line, float away and drown. I believe that these floats are named after Major G.P. Denton, Royal Field Artillery (Geoffrey Price Denton) who was working at the War Office at the time. The army needed buoyant rafts of this kind for all the troop transports (which were carrying far more men than they were originally designed for, and therefore didn’t have sufficient lifeboat capacity). I understand that they were manufactured in East Meon, near Petersfield (Hants) and were supplied to ships in large numbers during the Great War. MB Ref: https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/295568-life-saving-floats-and-rafts-naval-vessels-ww1/ Jan 20 2020 Old Sweats Location:NRW, Germany Interests:Naval Reserves, Auxiliary Patrol and Mercantile Marine.

(Msrasnw (talk) 14:01, 5 August 2024 (UTC))

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