Life Saving Equipment Regulations

16 (1) A Class IV ship shall carry

• (a) subject to paragraph (b), at least one Class 1 lifeboat under davits and of 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	8.495

• (b) if the carriage of a lifeboat referred to in paragraph (a) is impracticable, an approved boat;

• (c) enough life rafts to accommodate that part of the complement not accommodated in the lifeboat or emergency boat;

• (d) where the embarkation station for life rafts 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, launching devices that are capable of launching the life rafts within 30 minutes in calm conditions;

• (e) 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 IV of that item:

  	Column I	Column II	Column III	Column IV
  Item	Length of Ship	Lifebuoys	Self-igniting Lights	Buoyant Lifelines
  1	22.9 m or under	2	1	1
  2	Over 22.9 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	8	4	2

• (f) the following supply of lifejackets:

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

  • (ii) 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;

• (g) for each life raft, a SOLAS B pack as set out in the LSA Code;

• (h) for each approved boat, the equipment set out in section 2 of Schedule II;

• (i) 12 pyrotechnic distress signals of which six are rocket parachute flares; and

• (j) means of embarkation into survival craft.

(2) A Class IV ship shall be provided with signs that indicate

• (a) the location of

  • (i) survival craft and their launching devices,

  • (i.1) lifejackets and lifejackets suitable for children,

  • (ii) muster stations, and

  • (iii) embarkation stations; and

• (b) directions to the muster and embarkation stations.