ABSTRACT
The importance of instantly recognising all distress signals and being fully conversant with their use, together with the procedure for rendering assistance, cannot be too strongly emphasised. For this reason a whole chapter is devoted to this section. The reader should thoroughly familiarise himself with the text, contents of current Notices to Mariners published by the Admiralty, and the excellent Merchant Shipping Notices published by the Department of Transport in the U.K. (D.o.T.). These publications are obtainable free by Masters from Mercantile Marine offices and Custom Houses.
