RULE 31 Distress Signals (a) When a vessel or seaplane on the water is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels or from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by her, either together or separately, namely:... United States Code - Page 8753by United States - 1971Full view - About this book
 | Panama Canal Zone. Office of the Governor - 1915 - 726 pages
...navigation are sufficiently abundant to obviate any danger or necessity for using them. 158. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: First: Flames on a vessel, as from a burning tar barrel, oil-barrel, etc. Second: A continuous sounding... | |
 | United States - Maritime law - 1915 - 600 pages
...singly, the special character of the service may require it. DISTRESS S1GXALS. ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely : IN THE DAYTIME. A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus, or firing a gun. AT NIGHT. First.... | |
 | Richard Marriotte Pugsley - Navigation - 1916 - 182 pages
...special circumstances of the case. ART. 30. [See page 166.] DISTRESS SIGNALS. ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: In the daytime — First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. Second.... | |
 | International law - 1916 - 1068 pages
...navigation are sufficiently abundant to obviate any danger or necessity for using them. 158. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: First: Flames on a vessel, as from a burning tar barrel, oil-barrel, etc. Second: A continuous sounding... | |
 | Richard Marriotte Pugsley - Tides - 1916 - 144 pages
...special circumstances of the case. ART. 30. [See page 166.] DISTRESS SIGNALS. ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: In the daytime — First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervale of about a minute. Second.... | |
 | Edward Frederick Knight - 1916 - 328 pages
...to the navigation of any harbour, river, or inland waters. DISTRESS SIGNALS. ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...or displayed by her, either together or separately, viz. : — In the daytime — 1. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute.... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - 1916 - 236 pages
...INTERNATIONAL "CODE FLAG" AND "ANSWERING PENNANT." INTERNATIONAL SIGNALS OF DISTRESS. 325. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...or displayed by her, either together or separately : 326. In the daytime— (1) A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute.... | |
 | Richard Marriotte Pugsley - Nautical astronomy - 1917 - 266 pages
...special circumstances of the case. ART. 30. [See page 166.] DISTRESS SIGNALS. ABT. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely: In the daytime — First. A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. Second.... | |
 | United States. Hydrographic Office - Pilot guides - 1917 - 606 pages
...tower, or at the yardarms of the signal mast. (See Tables I and II.) Distress signals. — When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...or displayed by her, either together or separately, viz : By day: (1) A gun fired at intervals of about a minute. (2) The distress signal "NC" of the International... | |
 | George Leonard Hosmer - Navigation - 1918 - 240 pages
...signals, arranged numerically DISTRESS SIGNALS (SEE ARTICLE 31 OF INTERNATIONAL RULES.) When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other...displayed by her, either together or separately, namely In the daytime — (1) A gun or other explosive signal fired at intervals of about a minute. (2) The... | |
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