Life Saving Equipment Regulations

14 A Class III ship shall carry

• (a) where the ship is 18.3 m or under in length, the following survival craft:

  • (i) one Class 1 lifeboat of at least 1.59 m³ capacity with a means of launching, and

  • (ii) one or more life rafts of an aggregate capacity sufficient to accommodate the complement;

• (b) where the ship is over 18.3 m but under 22.9 m in length, one Class 1 lifeboat that is under davits and is of at least 2.12 m³ capacity;

• (c) where the ship is 22.9 m or over in length, on each side of the ship, one Class 1 lifeboat that is under davits and has the appropriate capacity for the length of the ship, in accordance with the table to this paragraph, except that the lifeboats need not be of a greater aggregate capacity than is sufficient to accommodate the complement:

  	Column I	Column II
  Item	Length of Ship	Minimum Capacity of Each Lifeboat (m3)
  1	22.9 m or over but under 30.5 m	3.540
  2	30.5 m or over but under 45.7 m	4.248
  3	45.7 m or over but under 61.0 m	7.079
  4	61.0 m or over but under 91.4 m	8.495
  5	91.4 m or over (home-trade voyage, Class III)	8.495
  6	91.4 m or over (inland voyage, Class I)	14.158

• (d) where the lifeboats referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) 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) equally distributed on both sides of the ship, Class 1 lifeboats, each under davits and of the appropriate capacity for the length of the ship, in accordance with the table to paragraph (c), or

  • (ii) 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 and the life rafts that are embarked at that station accommodate in total more than 50 persons, life rafts under launching devices that are capable of launching the life rafts within 30 minutes in calm conditions;

• (e) where life rafts are carried pursuant to subparagraph (d)(ii), additional life rafts that

  • (i) have an aggregate capacity equal to 10 per cent of the capacity of the lifeboats carried, and

  • (ii) where the life rafts that are carried pursuant to subparagraph (d)(ii) are under launching devices, are capable of being launched by the launching devices;

• (f) where the ship is within the length range set out in column I of an item of a table to this paragraph, the supply of equipment set out in columns II to IV of

  • (i) where the ship is engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class III, that item in Table I, and

  • (ii) where the ship is engaged on an inland voyage, Class I, that item in Table II:

    	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
    Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
    1	18.3 m or under	2	1	1
    2	Over 18.3 m but under 30.5 m	4	2	2
    3	30.5 m or over but under 61.0 m	6	3	2
    4	61.0 m or over	10	5	2

    	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
    Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
    1	18.3 m or under	4	2	2
    2	Over 18.3 m but under 61.0 m	6	3	2
    3	61.0 m or over	10	5	2

• (g) 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;

• (h) for each life raft, the Class B (Canadian) emergency pack set out in section 2.1 of Schedule I;

• (i) 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;

• (j) where the ship is over 45.7 m in length, a line-throwing appliance;

• (k) the following distress signals:

  • (i) 12 pyrotechnic distress signals of which six are rocket parachute flares and six are rocket parachute flares or red hand flares, or

  • (ii) where the following distress signals were carried on April 27, 1996, those distress signals until their date of expiry:

    • (A) 12 Type A distress signals,

    • (B) six Type A distress signals and 12 Type B distress signals, or

    • (C) in the case of a ship that is 18.3 m or under in length, half of the number of distress signals referred to in clause (A) or (B);

• (l) means of embarkation into survival craft; and

• (m) if the ship is 20 m or over in length and engaged on a home-trade voyage, Class III, three survival craft VHF radiotelephone apparatus stowed so that they are readily accessible for immediate use.