M3000-2.1.4

IAMSAR Volume III, distress signals and SAR - UK and worldwide

M3000-2 · Response to Emergencies · M3000-2.1 Response to Navigational Emergencies

Covers the Master's legal duty to render assistance under SOLAS V/33, the carriage and operational use of IAMSAR Volume III, distress signals under COLREGs Annex IV, and the SAR coordination framework including on-scene coordinator responsibilities.

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DeckDistress signalsAnnex IV, item by item — every recognised signal of distress.

Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA Master (Yachts less than 3000 GT) examination syllabus (updated June 2026). Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.