When a vessel 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: In the daytime — First. A gun or other explosive signal... Scientific American Reference Book - Page 2061905 - 516 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1928 - 1064 pages
...practice of seamen, or by the special circumstances of the case. BUOYS DISTRESS SIGNALS 767 'Asr. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance...either together or separately, namely : In the daytime — A continuous sounding with any fog-signal apparatus or firing a gun. At night — First. Flames... | |
| Captain Marmaduke Collins, L. Marmaduke Collins - History - 2002 - 208 pages
...another matter. Article 31 of the 1912 Regulations for the Prevention of Collision at Sea states that "when a vessel is in distress and requires assistance...to be used or displayed by her either together or seperately.... At night, rockets or shells, throwing stars of any colour or description, fired one... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 590 pages
...relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland waters. DISTRESS SIGNALS. ART. 31. Whan a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from...either together or separately, namely: In the daytime — First. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute. Second. The international code signal of distress,... | |
| United States. President - Presidents - 1917 - 562 pages
...authority relative to the navigation of any harbor, river, or inland waters. DISTRESS SIGNALS. ART. 31. When a vessel is in distress and requires assistance from other vessels 01 from the shore, the following shall be the signals to be used or displayed by t» either together... | |
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