VIKING LIFERAFTS are designed and manufactured to meet the requirements for use on passenger ships operating in US waters only. The open reversible liferaft is intended for shipwrecked persons likely to be exposed to bad weather conditions only for a short period of time before being located and picked up. Being fully reversible, this type of life raft can be used either way up, its floor being placed in-between the two buoyancy chambers. Round container with galvanized cradle and hydrostatic release unit.