M500-2.1.6

IAMSAR Volume III, distress and emergency signals

M500-2 · Response to Emergencies · M500-2.1 Response to Navigational Emergency

Covers IAMSAR Volume III carriage obligation, the three urgency levels and how to distinguish them, the recognised distress signals, and the master's legal duty to render assistance under SOLAS V/33.

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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 500 GT) oral examination syllabus. Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.