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salvor

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salvor [′sal·vər]
(naval architecture)
A person who rescues maritime vessels and cargo from loss or destruction.


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63) Specifically, salvage law aims to reward the salvor who has rescued life or property imperiled at sea.
The wreck of a sunken World War I German submarine has been moved to deeper waters from its final resting place in the English Channel due to the risk it posed to larger vessels, salvors said.
In the Channel, the worst fears of coastguards and salvors were realised when the 6,000-tonne Ice Prince sank.
 
 
 
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