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{b) The master of a ship in distress, after consultation, so far as may be 

 possible, with the masters of the ships which answer his call for assistance, 

 has the right to requisition such one or more of those ships as he considers 

 best able to render assistance, and it shall be the duty of the master or 

 masters of the ship or ships requisitioned to comply with the requisition by 

 continuing to proceed with all speed to the assistance of persons in distress. 



(c) The master of a ship shall be released from the obligation imposed 

 by paragraph (a) of this Regulation when he learns that one or more ships 

 other than his own have been requisitioned and are complying with the 

 requisition. 



(d) The master of a ship shall be released from the obligation imposed by 

 paragraph (a) of this Regulation, and, if his ship has been requisitioned, 

 from the obligation imposed by paragraph (b) of this Regulation, if he is 

 informed by the persons in distress or by the master of another ship which 

 has reached such persons that assistance is no longer necessary. 



(e) The provisions of this Regulation do not prejudice the International 

 Convention for the unification of certain rules with regard to Assistance 

 and Salvage at Sea, signed at Brussels on the 23rd September, 1910, 

 particularly the obligation to render assistance imposed by Article 11 of that 

 Convention. 



Regulation 11 



Signalling Lamps 



All ships of over 150 tons gross tonnage, when engaged on international 

 voyages, shall have on board an efficient daylight signalling lamp which 

 shall not be solely dependent upon the ship's main source of electrical power. 



Regulation 12 



Radio Direction-Finding Apparatus 



{a) All ships of 1,600 tons gross tonnage and upwards, when engaged 

 on international voyages, shall be fitted with radio direction-finding apparatus 

 complying with the provisions of Regulation 11 of Chapter IV. 



{b) The Administration may, in areas where it considers it unreasonable 

 or unnecessary for such apparatus to be carried, exempt any ship under 

 5,000 tons gross tonnage from this requirement, due regard being had to 

 the fact that radio direction-finding apparatus is of value both as a naviga- 

 tional instrument and as an aid to locating ships, aircraft or survival craft. 



Regulation 13 



Manning 



The Contracting Governments undertake, each tor its national ships, to 

 maintain, or, if it is necessary, to adopt, measures for the purpose of 

 ensuring that, from the point of view of safety of life at sea, all ships shall 

 be sufficiently and efficiently manned. 



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