life raft on a ship

Having been on Greek ships before, I had seen this word (LEM-voss) on the rafts, but now I heard it for the first time on the News about the Italian cruise ship that ran aground on a sandbar. I'm fascinated with all the English possiblities for small boat--didn't know all of them... λέμβος	{N} boat, gig, canoe, gondola, cutter, yawn, dinghy, row-boat, shallop, skiff
δερμάτινη λέμβος των εσκιμόων (leather eskimo lemvoss)	{N} kayak
ελαφρά λέμβος (light lemboss)	{N} cockboat, coracle
λέμβος εσκιμώου eskimo lemboss	{N} oomiak
λέμβος πλοίου ship lemvoss	{N} gig, pinnace
λεμβοστάσιο	{N} boat house
μεγάλη λέμβος big lemvoss	{N} launch
μεγαλύτερα λέμβος πλοίου even bigger lemvoss	{N} longboat
μικρή λέμβος small lemboss	{N} scull
μικρή λέμβος πλοίου small ship lemvoss	{A} dinghy {N} jolly
ναυαγοσωστική λέμβος saving lemboss	{N} life boat, lifeboat