[F1 ANNEX I U.K. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW AND EXISTING PASSENGER SHIPS ENGAGED ON DOMESTIC VOYAGES

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2002/25/EC of 5 March 2002 amending Council Directive 98/18/EC on safety rules and standards for passenger ships.

CHAPTER III U.K. LIFE SAVING APPLIANCES

7 Stowage of survival craft (R 13 + 24 ) U.K.

NEW AND EXISTING CLASS B, C AND D SHIPS: U.K.

.1 Each survival craft shall be stowed: U.K.

a.

so that neither the survival craft nor its stowage arrangements will interfere with other survival craft launching operations;

b.

as near to the water surface as is safe and practicable; for a davit-launched survival craft the height of the davit head, with the survival craft in embarkation position, shall, as far as practicable, not exceed 15 metres to the waterline when the ship is in its lightest seagoing condition, and the position of a davit launched survival craft in the embarkation position shall be such that it stays clear of the waterline with the ship in the fully loaded condition under unfavourable conditions of trim of up to 10 ^o and listed up to 20 ^o either way for new ships, respectively up to at least 15 ^o either way for existing ships, or to the angle at which the ship's weatherdeck becomes submerged, whichever is less;

c.

in a state of continuous readiness so that two crew members can prepare it for embarkation and launching within 5 minutes;

d.

as far forward of the propeller as is practicable; and

e.

fully equipped, as required by the relevant SOLAS regulations, except that additional life-rafts as defined in note 3 to the table of regulation III/2 may be exempted from some of the SOLAS requirements for equipment as mentioned in this note;

.2 Lifeboats shall be stowed attached to launching appliances, and on passenger ships of 80 metres in length and upwards, each lifeboat shall be so stowed that the after end of the lifeboat is not less than 1,5 times the length of the lifeboat forward of the propeller. U.K.

.3 Every life-raft shall be stowed: U.K.

a.

with its painter attached to the ship;

b.

with a float-free arrangement, complying with the requirements paragraph 4.1.6 of the LSA Code enabling the life-raft to float free and, if inflatable, to inflate automatically when the ship sinks. One float-free arrangement may be used for two or more life-rafts if the float-free arrangement is sufficient to comply with the requirements paragraph 4.1.6 of the LSA Code;

c.

so as to permit manual release from its securing arrangements.

.4 Davit-launched life-rafts shall be stowed within reach of the lifting hooks, unless some means of transfer is provided which is not rendered inoperable within the limits of trim of up to 10 ^o and list up to 20 ^o either way for new ships, respectively up to at least 15 ^o either way for existing ships, or by ship motion or power failure. U.K.

.5 Life-rafts intended for throw-overboard launching shall be so stowed as to be in a position providing easy side to side transfer at a single open deck level. If this stowing arrangement cannot be met additional life-rafts shall be provided so that the total capacity available on each side will accommodate 75 % of the total number of persons on board. U.K.

.6 Life-rafts associated with a Marine Evacuation System (MES) shall: U.K.

a.

be stowed close to the container containing the MES;

b.

be capable of release from its stowage rack with arrangements which will enable it to be moored and inflated alongside the boarding platform;

c.

be capable of release as an independent survival craft; and

d.

be provided with retrieving lines to the boarding platform.]