Div 3Buoyant Apparatus.

Division 3.—Buoyant Apparatus.

Buoyant apparatus to be carried in Class I. ships.

41. A Class I. ship shall be furnished with buoyant apparatus having an aggregate carrying capacity sufficient to accommodate three per centum of the total number of persons that the ship is certified to carry.

Number of persons to be carried by buoyant apparatus.

42. The carrying capacity of a buoyant apparatus provided in a ship is a number of persons—

(a) that is equal to the number ascertained by dividing by thirty-two the number of pounds weight of the iron that the apparatus is capable of supporting from its grablines in fresh water; or

(b) the number of persons equal to the number of feet in the perimeter of the apparatus,

Construction of buoyant apparatus.

43. Buoyant apparatus provided in a ship shall comply with the requirements prescribed by the Seventh Schedule.

Marking of buoyant apparatus.

44. Buoyant apparatus provided in a ship shall have clearly and permanently marked on it its carrying capacity, the ship’s name and port of registration.

Stowage of buoyant apparatus.

45.—(1.) Buoyant apparatus shall be carried in such a manner as in the opinion of a surveyor will allow the buoyant apparatus to be put into the water even when the trim of the ship is ten degrees and the ship is listed fifteen degrees either way.

(2.) Buoyant apparatus shall be stowed near the lifeboats or liferafts provided in the ship but shall be stowed in such a way that the rapid handling of any lifeboat, liferaft, boat or other buoyant apparatus is not impeded.