gn="justify"> You are not under command and you wish to warn other shipping to keep clear.
distress procedure
urgency procedure
safety procedure
5. You see a ship sinking, and you wish to advise the appropriate SAR (Search and Rescue) authorities.
distress procedure
urgency procedure
safety procedure
Example of an Initial Distress Message
distress signals MAYDAY MAYDAY MAYDAY
name of the ship in distress this is RA TILER RA TILER
distress signal MAYDAY
name of the ship and its callsign Rattler, GOLFXRAYXRAYXRAY
Position of the ship in distress
Position: latitude: 039 degrees 20 minutes North, longitude: 039 degrees 20 minutes West.
Nature of distress Collision with iceberg, sinking.
The assistance which is required Request: immediate assistance. Over.
Example of an Urgency Message
PAN-PAN PAN-PAN PAN-PAN
This is VEGA VEGA VEGA
PAN-PAN
VEGA, SEVEN VICTOR ALFA TANGO
Position: bearing 090 degrees true, from Ras SARKAN; distance: 15 miles
Lost propeller
Require tow.
Over
Example of an Initial Safety Transmission
SECURITE SECURITE SECURITE
All ships (may be repeated if thought necessary)
This is Arcadia Arcadia Arcadia
Securite
Arcadia, Charlie, Alfa, Alfa, Alfa.
Navigational information; Decca warning
Switch to VHF channel 06
Over
Exercise 44. What they have in common is that they may have to be transmitted under pressure, without time to refer to a bridge book or other manual, and it is important that they are correctly handled
a) Write out the appropriate message for the following circumstances:
You are sinking, due to collision with a submerged object, which has punctured the hull in the area of ​​nos. 4 and 5 and double bottom tanks. The ballast line non-return valves have failed, probably due to grit in the valve seatings. It is now 15:00 ship's time, and you are keeping zone +11. Your dead reckoning position is 25 degrees and ten minutes south, 160 and half degrees west. p align="justify"> b) Write out the appropriate message for the following circumstances:
Your chief engineer has fallen down an engine room ladder. He has broken both legs and is bleeding from the mouth. It is 03.20 in the afternoon and Quessant lighthouse is 8 miles bearing 195 from your ship. There is no doctor or proper medical facility on board
UNIT 2. TYPES OF SHIPS
PART I. Vocabulary and reading
these words orally. Repeat them after the teacher. Learn them by heart В»- Bulk cargo - масовий вантаж (насипний, навалювальний, наливний)
^ Commodity - предмет споживання, товар
r ^ Compartment - відділення, відсік, перегородка
г ^ Crane підйомний кран
^ Crate - кліть
Ф * Crude oil - сира (неочищена) нафту
$> - Derrick - підйомна стріла
fc ** Discharge - розвантажувати
fe "Double bottom - подвійне дно
(^ Dry bulk cargo - навалювальний вантаж
$ *? Edible oils - їстівне масло (рослинне)
fa В»* Fuel - паливо
fc "Freighter - 1. фрахтувальник, 2. г Рузова судно
^ Fertilizer - добриво
fc * General cargo - генерал...