Vessel emergency codes

Vessel emergency codes

In addition to distress signals like Mayday and pan-pan, most vessels, especially passenger ships, use some emergency signals to internally alert the crew on board, and in some cases also the passengers. These can be in form of blasts on alarm bells, sounding the ship's whistle or code names paged over the PA system.

*Mr. Skylight paged over the PA system is an alert for the crew on board and means there is a minor emergency somewhere.cite web|year=1997|title=Final report on the MV ESTONIA disaster of 28 September 1994|author=The Joint Accident Investigation Commission of MV ESTONIA and Edita Ltd.|url=http://www.onnettomuustutkinta.fi/estonia/chapt16.html ] sv icon cite web|year=2003|title=Sjögång och skeppsjargong|author=Anders Bergek, Hanna Johansson, Maria Lundquist, Sara Rutgersson, Chris Ryder, Jessica Stark, Maria Stensdotter.Linköpings universitet|url=http://www.ida.liu.se/~HKGBB5/rapporter-03/grupp1.pdf ]

*Mr. Mob means man overboard. cite web|year=2002|title=Semester at Sea: “Innocents Abroad, 2002"|author=The Courier Online - Michael Pearson|url=http://www.odu.edu/ao/instadv/vol33issue10/news.htm ] Man overboard can also be signaled with three prolonged blasts on the ship's whistle and general alarm bell (Morse code "Oscar"). cite web|year=2000|title=General Shipboard Policy Information|author=The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|url=http://www.moc.noaa.gov/all_ships/policy.htm ]

*Code Blue usually means a medical emergency.
*Assemble at Muster Stations or Abandon Ship, seven or more short blasts on the ship's whistle and general alarm, followed by one long blast.
*Fire and emergency, continuous ringing of the general alarm bell for ten seconds and a continuous sounding of the ship's whistle for ten seconds.
*Bravo, Bravo, Bravo, used by many cruise lines to alert crew to a fire or other serious incident on board without alarming passengers. cite web|year=200?|title=Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Fire aboard Royal Caribbean International Passenger Vessel Nordic Empress|author=United States Coast Guard - Ken Olsen|url=http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/moa/docs/empress.pdf ]

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