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wreck grab en · NOUN

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1. A device designed to lift salvage from a shipwreck.
   • 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. 1985, International Yearbook of Bulk Materials Handling Technology:
   • The wreck grab is brought to surface where recovered wreckage is lowered onto a barge. 2016, Manhar R. Dhanak, Nikolas I. Xiros, Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering, →ISBN, page 1062:
   • A feature of the vessel is the 100-ton wreck grab which has a capacity of 98 cu. yds. 1969, The Dock and Harbour Authority - Volume 50, page 169:

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