SHIPS' LIGHTS AND REGULATIONS
lights above mentioned, have at hand ready for use a lantern with
a green glass on the one side and a red glass on the other, to be
used as prescribed above.
A steam pilot vessel exclusively employed for the service of
pilots licensed or certified by any pilotage authority, or the com-
mittee of any pilotage district, when engaged on her station on
pilotage duty and not at anchor, shall, in addition to the lights
required for all pilot boats, carry at a distance of 8 feet below her
white masthead light a red light visible all round the* horizon and
of such a character as to be visible on a dark night with a clear
atmosphere at a distance of at least 2 miles, and also the coloured
side-lights required to be carried by vessels when under way.
When engaged on her station on pilotage duty and at anchor, she
shall carry, in addition to the lights required for all pilot boats, the
red light above mentioned, but not the coloured side-lights.
Pilot vessels, when not engaged on their station on pilotage
duty, shall carry lights similar to those of other vessels of their
tonnage.
Fishing Vessels.
ABT. 9.*f—Fishing vessels and fishing boats, when under way
and when not required by this Article to carry or show the lights
hereinafter specified, shall carry or show the lights prescribed for
vessels of their tonnage under way.
(a) Open boats, by which it is to be understood boats not pro-
tected from the entry of sea water by means of a con-
tinuous deck, when engaged in any fishing at -night,
with outlying tackle extending not more than 150 feet
horizontally from the boat into the seaway, shall carry
one all-round white light.
Open boats, when fishing at night, with outlying tackle
extending more than 150 feet horizontally from the boat
into the seaway, shall carry one all-round white light,
and in addition, on approaching or being approached by
other vessels, shall show a second white light at least 3
feet below the first light and at a horizontal distance of
at least 5 feet away from it in the direction in which the
outlying tackle is attached.
* This Article does not apply to Chinese or Siamese vessels.
f The expression " Mediterranean Sea *' contained in sub-sections (6) and <c) of this
Article includes the Black Sea and the other adjacent inland seas in communication witb it.