bilge pump

With no steam the bilge pumps were put out of action.

There is also a manual bilge pump for emergency use.

He has a bilge pump that pumps water like a real boat.

All the bilge pumps were running still, but the water was steadily gaining.

Without the engine they had to work the bilge pump manually.

He forgot about the automatic bilge pump in the boat.

Then I heard the thump of the bilge pump kicking on.

At some point the bilge pumps failed and the vessel sank.

The clank of the bilge pump drifted through her head.

The first piece of gear you'll want to have in working order on any boat or ship is a bilge pump.

Fine healthy boy, eight pounds and some, sucking like a bilge pump the last I saw him.

Inside the Paragon would be other men, ready to man the bilge pumps continuously.

Regular maintenance of the bilge pump is vital to keeping your boat on the water.

It had run a separate forward bilge pump before I had put the three of them on the same control.

He clicked the bilge pump switch, but the motor refused to start.

The bilge pumps stopped for good, and the ship heeled over on her side, half out of water.

Mostly there were generators maintaining the batteries, and a few bilge pumps.

Since bilge pumps can fail, use of a backup pump is often advised.

If their bilge pumps could not be operated, the target ships would eventually sink.

If you don't do the second part, you're basically a bilge pump."

But basically, it's like a bilge pump in a wooden boat."

He said the bilge pumps had stopped functioning shortly before the ferry sank.

By midday on July 26, the fertilizer was clogging the bilge pumps.

Both ships were equipped with new ballast tanks and bilge pumps.

For this reason, boats are equipped with bilge pumps to usher the water back out once it's reached a certain level.