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wreck grab

noun

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  1. A device designed to lift salvage from a shipwreck.

    • A feature of the vessel is the 100-ton wreck grab which has a capacity of 98 cu. yds.
    • The company also makes a rail-mounted portal double link level luffing crane, capable of handling 32t at 34m; also a pontoon-mounted luffing crane, self-propelled, equipped with wreck grab: maximum capacity 350t at 23m.
    • The wreck grab is brought to surface where recovered wreckage is lowered onto a barge.

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