Checklist for owners or masters of lloyd’s register classed cargo vessels ?

  • Magnetic compasses
  • Magnetic compass table of residual deviation and check bearings
  • Gyro compass and error check log book
  • Radars
  • Automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA)
  • Course recorder, if fitted
  • Echo sounder
  • Speed and distance indicator
  • Propeller revolution counter
  • Controllable-pitch propeller pitch and operational mode indicator
  • Rate of turn indicator
  • Auto-pilot (including change over instructions)
  • Radio direction finder
  • 2182 kHz homing on RDF
  • Sound signals and shapes
  • Daylight signalling lamp and the source of power (emergency generator or battery)
  • Navigation lights. Test on main and emergency supply. Check correct bulbs fitted; lenses clean; arc screens fitted; spares available with certificates; sidelight inboard screens painted matt black; securing brackets and mountings in good condition.
  • Navigation light failure warning on bridge tested
  • Current edition of International Code of Signals
  • Charts Charts corrected up to latest Notices to Mariners received
  • Chart correction log being kept
  • Charts in use appropriate for the ship’s current itinerary

Nautical publications.