International code of signals.
International Maritime Organization.
London : International Maritime Organization,
2005.
"This new edition incorporates amendments that have been adopted by the Maritime Safety Committee up to December 2000"-- Book jacket.
Explanations and general remarks -- Definitions -- Methods of signalling -- General instructions -- Flag signalling -- Flashing light signalling -- Sound signalling -- Radiotelephony -- Morse signalling by hand-flags -- or arms -- Morse symbols - phonetic tables - procedure signals -- Single-letter signals -- Single-letter signals with complements -- Single-letter signals between ice-breaker and assisted vessels -- Identification of medical transports in armed conflict and permanent identification of rescue craft -- Distress - emergency -- Casualties - damages -- Aids to navigation - navigation - hydrography -- Manoeuvres -- Miscellaneous -- Meteorology - weather -- Routeing of ships -- Communications -- International health regulations -- Medical section -- Appendices. Appendix 1. Distress signals -- Appendix 2. Table of signalling flags -- Appendix 3. Table of life-saving signals -- Appendix 4. Radiotelephone procedures.
Signals and signaling.
Merchant marine