REGULATIONS
•* —(a) Preparations and precautions for getting under way Duties prior
to proceeding to sea, making harbour or coming alongside, especially at after
end of ship.
(&) Keeping an anchor watch. Dragging anchor.
(c) Duties of officer of the watch. Use of compass to ascertain nsk
of collision. (VIII , XIII )
5.—(a) A full knowledge of the content and application of the Regulations
for Preventing Collision at Sea (Candidates will not be placed in the position
of handling a sailing ship, but will be expected to recognise a sailing ship's
fights and to have a knowledge of her possible manoeuvres according to the
direqtioa of the wind )
(6) Distress and pilot signals, penalties for misuse
(c] British uniform system of buovage.
(d) An intelligent use of "Notices to Manners " (Candidates will not be
required to commit these to memory ) (IX., X , XI.)
6.—Stgnah
To send and receive signals in-—
(d) British Semaphore up to eight words per minute.
[b] Morse Code by flash lamp up to six words per minute.
(c) International Code of Signals (XIX )
7. Practical
(a) To read and understand a barometer, thermometer, hydrometer and
hygrometer. (The instruments supplied by the Meteorological Office will
be taken as standard.)
(b) To use an azimuth mirror, pelorus (bearing plate) or other instrument
for taking bearings, to place these beanngs on a chart, having corrected for
given compass error
(c) To use a sextant for taking vertical and horizontal angles; to read a
sextant both on and off the arc
(d) To correct a sextant into which has been introduced some or all of
perpendicularity, side and index errors
(e) To find the index error of a given sextant.
(/) To check chronometers by signal made by buzzer or other method, to
compare two chronometers. (VIII) Also Chapters XII., XIII , Volume I ,
Ntcholls's Guide.
8.—The Examiner may ask the candidate questions arising out of the
written work, if he deems it necessary on account of weakness shown by the
candidate (This applies particularly to Paper 5.)
FIRST MATE (FOREIGN-GOING).
48. Paper % (Written,) Ship Construction and Stability. <3 hours)
(a) A general knowledge of the principal structural members of a ship.
Midship sections of different types of ships, giving the parts their proper
names Scaling dimensions on a midship section to make intelligible reports.
Ability to set out in a clear manner a report on damage sustained by
corrosion or by accident.
Construction and stiffening of watertight bulkheads.
Collision bulkhead.
Stern frame and stem and how secured.
Stresses and strains in ships through effect of seas or loading and ballasting.
A knowledge of those portions of a ship specially strengthened to
withstand such stresses, or where excessive damage by corrosion is liable to
tir.
Rivets and riveting, - Testing a line of rivets Testing watertight work.
Rudders and steering gear. Inspection and maintenance*
Hatches and featch gear. Hawsepipes and cable lockers,
(*J Buoyancy and reserve buoyancy. The righting couple when a