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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 13, 1911.
SCHEDULE I.
Preliminary.
These Rules shall be followed by all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters con- nected therewith, navigable by sea-going vessels.
In the following Rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be considered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steam, whether under sail or not, is to be considered a steam vessel.
The word “steam vessel" shall include any vessel propelled by machinery.
A vessel is under way
within the meaning of these Rules, when she is not at an- chor, or made fast to the shore or aground.
Rules concerning Light, &c.
The word "visible" in these Rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on dark night with a clear atmosphere.
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Article 1. The Rules concerning lights shall be complied with in all weathers from sunset to sunrise, and during such time no other lights which may be mistaken for the prescribed lights shall be exhibited.
Article 2. A steain vessel when under way
shall
carry-
(a.) On or in front of the foremast, or if a vessel without a foremast, then in the fore part of the vessel, at a height above the hull of not less than 20 feet, and if the breadth of the vessel exceeds 20 feet, then at a height above the hull not less than such breadth, so, however, that the light need not be carried at a greater height above the hull than 40 feet, a bright white light, so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an are of the horizon of 20 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light 10 points on each side of the vessel, viz., from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on either side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 5 miles.
(3.) On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an are of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to two points abaft the beam on the starboard side, and of such a character as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles. (c.) On the port side a red light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an are of the horizon of 10 points of the compass, so fixed as to throw the light from right ahead to 2 points abaft the beam on the port side, and of such a cha- racter as to be visible at a distance of at least 2 miles.
(d.) The said green and red side-lights shall be fitted with inboard screens projecting at least 3 feet forward from the light, so as to prevent these lights from being seen across the bow.
(e.) A steam vessel when under way may carry an additional white light similar" in construction to the light mentioned in subdivision (a). These two lights shall be so placed in line with the keel that one shall be at least 15 feet higher than the other, and in such a position with reference to each other that the lower light shall be forward of the upper one.
The vertical distance between these
lights shall be less than the horizontal distance.
Article 3. A steam vessel when towing another vessel shall, in addition to her side- lights, carry two bright white lights in a vertical line one over the other, not less than 6 feet apart, and when towing more that one vessel shall carry an additional bright white light 6 feet above or below such lights, if the length of the tow, measuring from the stern of the towing vessel to the stern of the last vessel towed, exceeds 600 feet. Each of these lights shall be of the same construction and character, and shall be carried in the same posi- tion as the white light mentioned in Article 2 (a), except the additional light, which may be carried at a height of not less than 14 feet above the hull.
Such steam vessel may carry a small white light abaft the funnel or aftermast for the vessel towed to steer by, but such light shall not be visible forward of the beam.