wreck grab

English

Noun

wreck grab (plural wreck grabs)

1. A device designed to lift salvage from a shipwreck.
   • 1969, The Dock and Harbour Authority - Volume 50, page 169:

     A feature of the vessel is the 100-ton wreck grab which has a capacity of 98 cu. yds.

   • 1985, International Yearbook of Bulk Materials Handling Technology:

     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.

   • 2016, Manhar R. Dhanak, Nikolas I. Xiros, Springer Handbook of Ocean Engineering, →ISBN, page 1062:

     The wreck grab is brought to surface where recovered wreckage is lowered onto a barge.