C122 SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA 



(b) (i) Every ship employed as a whale factory ship, every ship employed ' 

 as a fish processing or canning factory ship and every ship engaged in 

 carriage of persons employed in the whaling, fish processing or canning^ 

 industries shall carry — 



(1) 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 31\ per cent, of all on board. 



(2) Liferafts of sufficient aggregate capacity to accommodate half the 



total number of persons on board. 



Provided that, if in ships employed as fish processing or canning 

 factory ships, it is impracticable to carry lifeboats which comply 

 fully with the requirements of this Chapter, the Administration 

 may permit instead the carriage of other boats, which shall however 

 provide not less than the accommodation required by this 

 Regulation and shall have at least the buoyancy and equipment 

 required by this Chapter for lifeboats. 



(ii) Every ship employed as a whale factory ship, every ship employed 

 as a fish processing or canning factory ship and every ship engaged in the 

 carriage of persons employed in the whaling, fish processing or canning 

 industries shall carry two boats — one on each side — 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 this 

 paragraph provided that they comply fully with the requirements for 

 lifeboats of this Chapter and for the purposes of Regulation 8 provided that 

 in addition they comply 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 (g) 

 of Regulation 36 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. 



(c) Every tanker of 3,000 tons gross tonnage and upwards shall carry 

 not less than four lifeboats. Two lifeboats shall be carried aft and two 

 amidships, except that in tankers which have no amidships superstructure all 

 lifeboats shall be carried aft. 



Provided that, if in the case of tankers with no amidships superstructure 

 it is impracticable to carry four lifeboats aft, the Administration may permit 



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