C114 SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA 



what they are to do in an emergency, shall be clearly stated in appropriatej 

 languages on cards posted in their cabins and in conspicuous places in otherj! 

 passenger quarters. 



PART B— PASSENGER SHIPS ONLY 

 Regulation 27 



Lifeboats, Liferafts and Buoyant Apparatus 



(a) Passenger ships shall carry two boats attached to davits — one on each 

 side of the ship — for use in an emergency. These boats shall be of an 

 approved type and shall be not more than 28 feet (or 8^ metres) in length. 

 They may be counted for the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 

 Regulation, provided that they comply fully with the requirements for life- 

 boats of this Chapter, and for the purposes of Regulation 8 provided that in 

 addition they comply fully with the requirements of Regulation 9 and where 

 appropriate Regulation 14. They shall be kept ready for immediate use 

 while the ship is at sea. In ships in which the requirements of paragraph (/i) 

 of Regulation 29 are met by means of appliances fitted to the sides of the 

 lifeboats, such appliances shall not be required to be fitted to the two boats 

 provided to meet the requirements of this Regulation. 



{b) Passenger ships engaged on international voyages which are not short 

 international voyages shall carry: — 



(i) lifeboats on each side of such aggregate capacity as will accommodate 

 half the total number of persons on board. 



Provided that the Administration may permit the substitution 

 of lifeboats by liferafts of the same total capacity so however 

 that there shall never be less than sufficient lifeboats on each side 

 of the ship to accommodate 37^ per cent, of all on board. 



(ii) Liferafts of sufficient aggregate capacity to accommodate 25 per cent, 

 of the total number of persons on board, together with buoyant 

 apparatus for 3 per cent, of that number. 



Provided that ships which have a factor of subdivision of 0-33 

 or less shall be permitted to carry, in lieu of liferafts for 25 per 

 cent of all on board and buoyant apparatus for 3 per cent of all 

 on board, buoyant apparatus for 25 per cent, of that number. 



(c) (i) A passenger ship engaged on short international voyages shall be 

 provided with sets of davits in accordance with its length as specified in 

 Column A of the Table in Regulation 28 of this Chapter. Each set of davits 

 shall have a lifeboat attached to it and these lifeboats shall provide at least 

 the minimum capacity required by Column C of the Table or the capacity 

 required to prcivide accommodation for all on board if this is less. 



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