| Code Letters Of Figures | Ice-Breaker | Assisted Vessel/S Or Figures |
| A | Go Ahead (Proceed Along Ice Channel) | I Am Going Ahead(I Am GoingAlong The Channel) |
| G | I Am Going Ahead; Follow Me | I Am Going Ahead; I Am Following You |
| J | Donot Follow Me(Proceed Along Ice Channel). | I Will Not Follow You (I Will Proceed Along Ice Channel). |
| P | Slow Down | I Am Slowing Down |
| N | Stop Your Engines | I Am Stopping My Engines |
| H | Reverse Your Engines | Reverse Your Engines |
| L | You Should Stop Your V/L Instantly | I Am Stopping My Vessel. |
| 4 | Stop. I Am Ice Bound. | Stop I Am Ice Bound |
| Q | Shorten The Distance Between V/L’s | I Am Shortening The Distance |
| B | Increase The Distance Between V/L’s | I Am Increasing The Distance. |
| 5 | Attention | Attention. |
| Y | Be Ready To Take Or Cast Off The Towing Line | I Am Ready To Take Or Cast Off The Towing Line. |
CHAPTER 14: IDENTIFICATION OF MEDICAL TRANSPORT IN ARMED CONFLICTS AND PERMANENT IDENTIFICATION OF RESCUE CRAFTS
- Shape, colour and positioning of emblems for medical transports:
- The following emblems can be used seperately or together to show that a vessel is protected as a medical transport under the geneva convention.
- The emblem may be a red cross on a white background or a red cresent moon on a white background.
- he emblem should be positioned on the vessels sides, bow, stern and deck.
- It shall be as large as possible and on the vessels side the emblem shall extend from the waterline to the top of the ships hull.
- On the bow and stern if necessary should be painted on a wooden structure.
- On the deck the emblem must be clear of the vessels equipment.
- In order to provide desired contrast for infrared films; the red emblem must be painted on top of a black primer paint.
- Flashing blue light for medical transports:
- A vessel engaged in medical operations shall exhibit one or more allround flashing blue lights the visiblity of the lights shall be as high as possible and not less than 3 nautical miles. The lights shall be exhibited as high above the hull as practical and in such a way that atleast one light shall be visible from any direction. The frequency of such light shall be between 60 and 100 flashes per minute.
- Radar transponders:
- It should be possible for medical transports to be identified by other vessels equipped with radar by signals from a radar transponder fitted on the medical transport.The transponder signal shall consist of the group ‘yyy’ followed by the callsign of the ship or other recognised means of identification.
- Underwater acoustic signals:
- It should be possible for medical transports to be identified by submarines. These signals shall consist of the callsign of the ship preceeded by the single group ‘yyy’ transmitted in morse on an appropriate acoustic frequency. Eg. 5 khz
- Rescue craft carried by medical transports:
- Every rescue craft should be equipped with a mast on which a red cross flag measuring about 2*2 mts can be hoisted.
To remember the contents in the first section make note of the foll sentence:
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GENERAL SECTION:
PART 1: DISTRESS – EMERGENCY
Abandon, accident-doctor-injured/sick, aircraft-helicopter, assistance, Boats-rafts, disabled-drifting-sinking, distress, position, search and rescue, Survivors.
PART 2: CASUALTIES – DAMAGES.
Collisions, damages-repairs, diver-underwater operations, fire-explosion, grounding-beaching-re-floating, leak, towing-tugs.
PART 3: AIDS TO NAVIGATION – NAVIGATION – HYDROGRAPHY.
Aids to navigation, bar, bearings, canal-channel-fairway, course, dangers to navigation-warnings, depth-draught, electronic navigation, mines-mine sweeping, navigation lights-search light , navigating and steering instructions and tide.
PART 4: MANOEUVRES.
Ahead-astern, along-side, to anchor/anchors-anchorage, engines-propeller, landing, boarding, manoeuvres, proceed-underway, speed, stop-heave to.
PART 5: MISCELLANEOUS:
Cargo-ballast, crew-persons on board, fishery, pilot, port-harbour, misc.
PART 6: METEOROLOGY – WEATHER.
Clouds, gale-storm-tropical storm, ice-icebergs, icebreaker, atmospheric pressure-temperature, sea-swell, visibility-fog, weather-weather forecast, wind.
PART 7: ROUTEING OF SHIPS.
PART 8: COMMUNICATIONS.
Acknowledge-answer, calling, cancel, communicate, exercise, reception-transmission, repeat.
PART 9: INTERNATIONAL SANITARY REGULATIONS.
Pratique messages.
