...9. — Of what colour are these lights, and how are they to be placed on on board the ship ? A. — A green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side. jo. — What description of light must be shown from the sides of sailing vessels under weigh ; and...

...Merchants' Shipping Act, 1854. And by them it is ordered that "all seagoing sailing vessels when under way shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit a green...and a red light on the port side of the vessel." And the 298th section of that statute enacts, "that if in any case of collision it appears to the Court,...

...night with a clear atmosphere, at a distance of at least five miles. They nre also required to carry a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side, so constructed as to throw a uniform and unbroken light over an arc of the horizon of ten points of...

...for the above : " Sailing ships under weigh, or being towed, shall carry side lights only, namely, a green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side, (of the same character, and in the same relative position, and screened similar to those of steamers, as in...

...distinguish their sides by displaying at night, in addition to the white mast-head light already carried, a green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side. It is evident that when this change was introduced the rule of the road should have been altered to...

...A.— Two. 9. Of what colour are these lights, and how are they to be placed on board the ship ? A. — A green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side. 10. What description of light must be shown from the sides of sailing vessels under weigh ; and over...

...proper lights at the time of the accident; namely, if a steamer, a white liglit at the foremast head, a green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side ; that the lights were burning brightly, and the sidelights fitted with screens, &c. Yet it is to be...

...powerful light it will be the first seen, its range of illumination being calculated at five miles. A green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side, the range of these two lights being calculated at two miles. Sailing vessels, yachts included, carry...

...the same provision, sailing vessels, when under weigh, are required, between sunset and sunrise, to exhibit a green light on the starboard side and a red light on the port side of the vessels ; and such lights are to be constructed as stated in such regulations. The Aurora — Morrison,...

...Two. 9. — Of what colour are these lights, and how are they to be placed on board the ship ? A. — A green light on the starboard side, and a red light on the port side. 10. — What description of light must be shown from the sides of sailing vessels under weigh ; and...