FOG SIGNALLING APPARATUS

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(a) Standing into Danger Signals.

Signal. Signification.

The International Code Sjgnal JD 1

The letter U (..«.} flashed by lamp r You are standing into
or made by foghorn, or whistle, etc. J danger.

Note.—If it should prove necessary, the attention of the vessel is
called to these signals by a white flare, a rocket showing wlnte stars on
bursting, or an explosive sound signal.—June 1, 1930.

The actual launching of the lifeboat js notified by a green Verey's
light.

BOARD OF TRADE INSTRUCTIONS.

For the Guidance of Masters and Seamen when using the Rocket
Apparatus for Saving Life

In the event of your vessel stranding on the coasts of the United
Kingdom, and the lives of the crew being placed in danger,k assistance
will, if possible, be rendered from the shore m the following manner,
namely:—

(i)

(ii)
Fig I.

(iii)

1

A rocket with a thin line attached will be fired across your vessel
Get hold of this line as soon as you can, and when you have
secured it, let one of the crew be separated from the rest, and,
if in the day time, wave his hat, or his hand, or a flag or handker-
chief: or, if at night, let a rocket, a blue light, or a gun be fired,
or, let a light be waved as a signal to those on shore.
2. When you see one of "the men on shore separated from the rest
wave a red flag, or, if at night, wave a red light; you are to haul
upon the rocket line until you get a tailed block with an endless
fall rove through it (Figure (i)).
3. Make the tail of the block fast to a mast well above ike^dech, or
if your masts are gone, then to the best place that can be found—