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Ships of Class K.

Ships of Class L.

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(2) In the case of any ship of Class J which is carrying a salvage party additional inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus shall be provided sufficient to accommodate the additional persons so carried,,

13. (1) Except as otherwise specified in this regulation, the Rula' shall not apply to ships of Class K.

(2) Every ship of Class K shall carry-

(a) not less than one lifeboat which shall comply with the provi- sions relating to Class C lifeboats contained in the Rules and shall be attached to davits and of which the capacity, or if more than one such boat is carried the aggregate capacity, shall be sufficient to accommodate the total number of person on board the ship; and

(6) not less than two inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus, which shall comply with the provisions relating to inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus as the case may be contained in the Rules, of aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board the ship and so stowed that they can readily be placed in the water on either side of the ship:

Provided that in the case of any ship of Class K of less than ont hundred and twenty feet in length, if the aggregate capacity of the inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus carried is sufficient to accom- modate twice the total number of persons on board the ship, no such lifeboat need be carried.

(3) Every ship of Class K shall carry not less than four lifebuoys, which shall comply with the provisions relating to lifebuoys contained in the Rules, two of which shall be provided with a self-igniting light which cannot be extinguished in water.

(4) Every ship of Class K. shall carry one lifejacket, which shall comply with the provisions relating to lifejackets contained in the Rules, for each person on board the ship.

(5) Every ship of Class K shall be provided with a line throwing appliance which shall comply with the provisions relating to line throwing appliances contained in the Rules.

(6) Every ship of Class K shall be provided with not less than twelve pyrotechnic distress signals which shall be either parachute distress rocket signals of a type complying with the provisions of the Rules relating to such signals or red hand flares capable of emitting five red stars into the air to a height of not less than one hundred and fifty feet.

14. (1) Except as otherwise specified in this regulation, the Rules shall not apply to ships of Class L.

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(2) Every ship of Class L plying exclusively within the waters of the Colony on voyages which do not extend beyond the limits of any specified sheltered waters shall be provided with not less than—

(a) lifebuoys, which shall comply with the provisions relating to lifebuoys contained in the Rules, on a scale determined in accordance with column 2 of Part II of the table set out in the Second Schedule to these regulations; and

(b) sufficient inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus, which shall respectively comply with the provisions relating to inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparates contained in the Rules. to accommodate sixty per cent of the total number of persons on board the ship; and

(2) if the appliances provided in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) and (6) are insufficient to accommodate the total number of persons on board the ship, such additional lifebuoys, inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus, or lifejackets which shall comply with the provisions relating to lifejackets con- tained in the Rules as shall together with such aforesaid appliances provide floatation for the total number of persons on board the ship.

(3) Every ship of Class L plying within the waters of the Colony on voyages which may extend beyond the limits of any specified sheltered water shall, in addition to the requirements of paragraph (21. be provided with either-

Second Schedule.

(2) not less than a number of sets of davits determined in

accordance with column 2 of the table set out in the Fourth Fourth Schedule to these regulations to which shall be attached Schedule. lifeboats which shall comply with the provisions relating to Class C lifeboats contained in the Rules and shall be of an aggregate minimum capacity determined in accordance with column 3 of that table; or

(b) inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus which shall comply respectively with the provisions relating to inflatable liferafts or buoyant apparatus contained in the Rules, of not less than a minimum aggregate capacity determined in accordance with column 4 of that table.

15. The Rules shall apply to ships of Class M in the same manner Ships of as they apply to ships of Class XI

Class M.

16. The Rules shall apply to ships of Class N in the same manner Ships of as they apply to ships of Class XII.

Class N.

17. The Merchant Shipping (Life-Saving Appliances) Regulations, Revocation 1935, are revoked.

of previous

regulations. (Fraser Vol 1

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