The Denton raft (the same as or similar to the Spanner Raft) was a buoyancy aid to enable life-saving. It was a square of cork, approximately 3 ft by 3 ft, with an aperture in the middle with rope attachments to which sailors were expected to cling. It was widely used by Royal Navy ships in world war II. HMS Hood was, for example, equipped with numerous Denton rafts. The rafts were sometimes nicknamed biscuit rafts.[1][2][3]
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- ^ Destroyer Down: An Account of HM Destroyer Losses, 1939–1945 - Arthur Evans - Google Books. Casemate Publishers. 19 August 2010. ISBN 978-1-84468-788-6. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
{{cite book}}:|website=ignored (help) - ^ Knowles, Daniel (15 July 2019). "HMS Hood: Pride of the Royal Navy - Daniel Knowles - Google Books". google.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-08-01.