A printed form is attached to every Official Log Book, with columus for the following particulars :-(a) Letters repre senting the International Code Signal shown by vessel seen; (b) National Flag; (c) Name, if known, or number of masts. and rig; (d) When spoken; (e) Where spoken ; (ƒ) Bound from; (g) Bound to; and (h) Remarks, if any. The form on arrival to be folded and sent to the Registrar-General of Seamen, London, E. C. APPENDIX H. Abstracts from the Merchant Shipping Act of 1873. Art 4. The record of the draught of water of any sea-going ship required under Section 5 of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1871, shall, in addition to the particulars thereby required, specify the extent of her clear side in feet and inches. "The term 'clear side' means the height from the water to the upper side of the plank of the deck from which the depth of hold, as stated in the register, is measured; and the measurement of the clear side is to be taken at the lowest part of the Ship." "IN THE DAYTIME.-The following Signals, numbered 1, 2, and 3, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals of distress in the daytime:"1. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute, "2. The International Code signal of distress indicated by N C. "3. The Distant Signal, consisting of a square flag, having either above or below it a ball, or anything resembling a ball. "AT NIGHT. The following signals, numbered 1, 2, and 3, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals of distress at night: 1. A gun fired at intervals of about a minute. "2. Flames on the ship, as from a burning tar barrel, oil barrel, &c. "3. Rockets or shells, of any colour or description, fired one at a time at short intervals." "SIGNALS TO BE MADE BY A SHIP WANTING A PILOT. "IN THE DAYTIME.-The following Signals, numbered 1 and 2, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals for a Pilot in the daytime. 1. 2. To be hoisted at the fore, the Jack or other national colour usually. worn by Merchant ships, having round it a white border onefifth of the breadth of the flag; or, The International Code pilotage signal, indicated by P T. "AT NIGHT. The following Signals, numbered 1 and 2, when used or displayed together or separately, shall be deemed to be signals for a pilot at night, viz. :— 1. The pyrotechnic light, commonly known as a blue light, every fifteen minutes; or, 2. A bright white light, flashed or shown at short or frequent intervals above the bulwarks for about a minute at a time. SIGNAL STATIONS. The All Candidates are now required to know the Signal Stations on the Coasts of the United Kingdom. following are now established: By Day-Three balls on a yard 20 feet above the sea; two placed vertically on the side which navigating vessels may safely pass, and one on the other side. By Night-Three white lights arranged similarly to the balls. Always pass on the side that has the two balls or the two lights. LIGHTS OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL-FRENCH LIGHTS. 147 APPENDIX I. LIGHTS OF THE ENGLISH CHANNEL. Bishop Rock .1 F St. Agnes Seven Stones L. V. Longships .1 F Wolf Rock .........1 R Thirty seconds each, alternately white and red. .2 F Lizard... St. Anthony's (Falmouth)1 R Eddystone (after Mar. 1882) 1 R White, 2 flashes in quick Twenty seconds. Start Shambles L. V. 1 F Royal Sovereign Shoals L.V...1 R White, 3 flashes in quick succession every minute, 23 sec. bright & 37 sec. eclipsed. .1 F, and 1 F with a flash every 5 seconds, on the spit. V. 1 R With 3 flashes in quick succes24 seconds bright and 36 seconds dark. .1 occulting, disappears 5 seconds, full power 25 sec., occupying a minute. East Goodwin L.V.....1 R Fifteen seconds. Green. |