Life Saving Equipment Regulations

11 Every Class II ship making short international voyages not more than 20 miles from land, other than home-trade IV or minor waters II voyages, shall carry

• (a) subject to subparagraphs (i) and (ii) and paragraph (f), Class 1 lifeboats, each at least 7.3 m in length, each under davits, in number and capacity in accordance with columns I and III of the following table:

  Registered Length of Ship (metres)	I	II	III
  	Minimum Number of Lifeboats	Smaller Number of Lifeboats Exceptionally Authorized	Minimum Capacity of Lifeboats (m3)
  Under 30.5	as the Board shall prescribe
  30.5 and under 36.6	2	2	11.327
  36.6 and under 42.7	2	2	18.406
  42.7 and under 48.8	2	2	25.485
  48.8 and under 53.3	3	3	32.564
  53.3 and under 57.9	3	3	38.228
  57.9 and under 62.5	4	4	43.891
  62.5 and under 67.1	4	4	49.554
  67.1 and under 70.1	5	4	52.386
  70.1 and under 74.7	5	4	60.881
  74.7 and under 77.7	6	5	67.960
  77.7 and under 82.3	6	5	76.455
  82.3 and under 86.9	7	5	84.951
  86.9 and under 91.4	7	5	93.446
  91.4 and under 96.0	8	6	101.941
  96.0 and under 100.6	8	6	110.436
  100.6 and under 106.7	9	7	121.762
  106.7 and under 112.8	9	7	134.505
  112.8 and under 118.9	10	7	145.832
  118.9 and under 125.0	10	7	157.159
  125.0 and under 132.6	12	9	171.317
  132.6 and under 140.2	12	9	185.475
  140.2 and under 149.4	14	10	202.465
  149.4 and under 158.5	14	10	220.871
  158.5 and under 167.6	16	12	237.862
  167.6 and over	as the Board shall prescribe

  except that

  • (i) where the Board considers the requirements of Column I to be unreasonable or impracticable, compliance with the requirements of Column II may be permitted in lieu thereof, and

  • (ii) the necessity of the lifeboats need not be greater than is necessary to accommodate the complement;

• (b) if the ship is 30.5 m or over in length, on each side of the ship, an approved boat that is not over 8.5 m in length and may count towards the requirements of paragraph (a) or (f) if it is a Class 1 lifeboat;

• (c) where the lifeboats referred to in paragraph (a) are insufficient to accommodate the complement, additional survival craft to make up the deficiency, consisting of one of the following or a combination of the two:

  • (i) Class 1 lifeboats, each at least 7.3 m in length and under davits, or

  • (ii) where the special subdivision requirements of the Hull Construction Regulations are complied with, life rafts or, if the embarkation station is 4.57 m or more above the waterline when the ship is in its lightest seagoing condition, life rafts under launching devices that are capable of launching the life rafts within 30 minutes in calm conditions;

• (d) life rafts of aggregate capacity equal to 10 per cent of the lifeboat capacity, capable of being launched by launching devices where such devices are fitted under paragraph (c);

• (e) [Repealed, SOR/96-218, s. 8]

• (f) notwithstanding the quantity requirements of paragraph (a), where the stowage of life rafts as set out in subparagraph (c)(ii) is impracticable because of insufficient deck space, fewer lifeboats, except that

  • (i) a ship 57.9 m in length or over shall carry on each side, under davits, at least 2 Class 1 lifeboats at least 7.3 m in length, and

  • (ii) a ship under 57.9 m in length shall carry on each side, under davits, at least 1 Class 1 lifeboat at least 7.3 m in length,

  and that such lifeboats shall, together with additional equipment as described under paragraph (c), accommodate the complement;

• (g) where the ship is within the length range set out in column I of an item of the table to this paragraph, the supply of equipment set out in columns II to V of that item:

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV	Column V
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Self-activating Smoke Signals	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	Under 61.0 m	8	6	2	2
  2	61.0 m or over but under 121.9 m	12	6	2	2
  3	121.9 m or over but under 182.9 m	18	9	2	2
  4	182.9 m or over but under 243.8 m	24	12	2	2
  5	243.8 m or over	30	15	2	2

• (h) the following supply of lifejackets:

  • (i) one for each member of the complement,

  • (ii) enough conspicuously stowed on deck for 5 per cent of the complement, and

  • (iii) enough that are suitable for children for at least 10 per cent of the complement or one for each child on board, whichever is greater;

• (i) three survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use;

• (j) for each life raft, the Class B (SOLAS) emergency pack set out in section 2 of Schedule I;

• (k) for each lifeboat, the equipment set out in section 1 of Schedule II and, for each approved boat, the equipment set out in section 2 of Schedule II;

• (l) a line-throwing appliance;

• (m) the following distress signals:

  • (i) 12 rocket parachute flares, or

  • (ii) where 12 Type A distress signals or, in the case of a ship that is engaged on a minor waters voyage, Class I, six Type B distress signals, were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry;

• (n) two SARTs stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use and for placing in the two survival craft that are launched first; and

• (o) means of embarkation into survival craft.