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signals. These signals shall be made on the whistle or siren and, except on 

 passenger ships on short international voyages and on cargo ships of less than 

 150 feet in length, they shall be supplemented by other signals which shall 

 be electrically operated. All these signals shall be operable from the bridge. 



Regulation 26 



■ Practice Musters and Drills 



(a) (i) In passenger ships, musters of the crew for boat drill and fire drill 

 shall take place weekly when practicable and there shall be such a muster 

 when a passenger ship leaves the final port of departure on an international 

 voyage which is not a short international voyage. 



(ii) In cargo ships, a muster of the crew for boat drill and fixe drill 

 shall take place at intervals of not more than one month, provided that a 

 muster of the crew fgr boat drill and fire drill shall take place within 24 hours 

 of leaving a port if more than 25 per cent, of the crew have been replaced at 

 that port. 



(iii) On the occasion of the monthly muster in cargo ships the boats' 

 equipment shall be examined to ensure that it is complete. 



(iv) The dite upon which musters are held shall be recorded in such 

 log book as may be prescribed by the Administration; and, if in any week 

 (for passenger ships) or month (for cargo ships) no muster or a part muster 

 only is held, an entry shall be made stating the circumstances and extent of 

 the muster held. A report of the examination of the boats' equipment on 

 cargo ships shall be entered in the log book, which shall also record the 

 occasions on which the lifeboats are swung out and lowered in compliance 

 with paragraph (c) of this Regulation. 



(b) In passenger ships, except those engaged on short international 

 voyages, a muster of the passengers shall be held within twenty-four hours 

 after leaving port. 



((■) Different groups of lifeboats shall be used in turn at successive boat 

 drills and every lifeboat shall be swung out and, if practicable and reasonable, 

 lowered at least once every four months. The musters and inspections shall 

 be so arranged that the crew thoroughly understand and are practised in the 

 duties they have to perform, including instructions in the handling and 

 operation of liferafts where these are carried. 



{ci) The emergency signal for summoning passengers to muster stations 

 shall be a succession of seven or more short blasts followed by one long 

 blast on the whistle or siren. This shall be supplemented in passenger ships, 

 except those engaged on short international voyages, by other signals, which 

 shall be electrically operated, throughout the ship operable from the bridge. 

 The meaning of all signals affecting passengers, with precise instructions on 



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