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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3rd APRIL, 1897.
NOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in Her by Section 418 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and on the joint recommendation of the Admiralty and the Board of Trade, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, is pleased to direct that, on and after the 1st day of July, 1897, the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sca contained in the Schedule to the said Order in Council dated the 11th day of August, 1884, except the Article numbered 10 in such Regulations, shall be annulled and the Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea contained in Schedule I. hereto annexed shall be substituted therefor (with the exception aforesaid) and come into operation as regards British ships and boats:
And Her Majesty is further pleased, by virtue of the power vested in Her by Section 434 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to direct that, on and after the 1st day of July, 1897, the Regulations or Rules as to signals of distress contained in the Schedule to the said Order in Council dated the 11th day of August, 1884, shall be annulled and the rules as to signals of distress contained in Schedule II. hereto annexed shall be substituted therefor and come into operation as regards British ships and boats:
C. L. PEEL.
SCHEDULE I.
Preliminary.
These Rules shall be followed by all vessels upon the high seas and in all waters connected there- with, navigable by sea-going vessels.
In the following Rules every steam vessel which is under sail and not under steam is to be con- sidered a sailing vessel, and every vessel under steatn, 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 anchor, or
made fast to the shore or aground.
Rules concerning Lights, &c.
The word "visible" in these Rules, when applied to lights, shall mean visible on a dark night with a clear atmosphere.
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.
ART. 2. A steam 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. (b.) On the starboard side a green light so constructed as to show an unbroken light over an arc 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 cha- racter 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 arc 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 character 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 con- struction to the light mentioned in subdivision (@). 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 for- ward of the upper one. The vertical distance between these lights shall be less than
the horizontal distance.
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