OOW-2.2.5

Survival craft markings and distress signals

OOW-2 · Response to Navigational Emergencies · OOW-2.2 Response to Other Emergencies

This lesson distinguishes survival craft markings from distress signals, teaching candidates the required markings on survival craft and how to select the correct distress signal type for given conditions.

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Practise what this lesson covers

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

Independent preparatory study aligned to the MCA OOW (Yachts <3000 GT) oral examination syllabus. Not an MCA-approved course and confers no credit toward a Certificate of Competency.