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Marine Order 21, issue 8
43Signal of distress
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43 Signal of distress
For subsection 229(1) of the Navigation Act, the signal of distress is the spoken word ‘mayday’.
Note The sending of a distress signal will normally be preceded by a DSC alert or Inmarsat EGC with distress priority. See also the signals mentioned in Annex IV in the Schedule to Marine Orders, Part 30 (Prevention of Collisions).