1-B-10: Distress Communications
1-10B1:
What information must be included in a Distress message?
All of the above.
Name of vessel.
Location.
Type of distress and specifics of help requested.
1-10B2:
What are the highest priority communications from ships at sea?
Distress calls are highest and then communications preceded by Urgency and then Safety signals.
All critical message traffic authorized by the ship’s master.
Navigation and meteorological warnings.
Authorized government communications for which priority right has been claimed.
1-10B3:
What is a Distress communication?
An internationally recognized communication indicating that the sender is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requests immediate assistance.
Communications indicating that the calling station has a very urgent message concerning safety.
Radio communications which, if delayed, will adversely affect the safety of life or property.
An official radio communication notification of approaching navigational or meteorological hazards.
1-10B4:
What is the order of priority of radiotelephone communications in the maritime services?
Distress calls and signals, followed by communications preceded by Urgency and Safety signals and all other communications.
Alarm and health and welfare communications.
Navigation hazards, meteorological warnings, priority traffic.
Government precedence, messages concerning safety of life and protection of property, and traffic concerning grave and imminent danger.
1-10B5:
The radiotelephone Distress call and message consists of:
All of the above.
MAYDAY spoken three times, followed by the name of the vessel and the call sign in phonetics spoken three times.
Particulars of its position, latitude and longitude, and other information which might facilitate rescue, such as length, color and type of vessel, and number of persons on board.
Nature of distress and kind of assistance required.
1-10B6:
What is Distress traffic?
All messages relative to the immediate assistance required by a ship, aircraft or other vehicle threatened by grave or imminent danger, such as life and safety of persons on board, or man overboard.
In radiotelephony, the speaking of the word, “Mayday.”
Health and welfare messages concerning property and the safety of a vessel.
Internationally recognized communications relating to important situations.
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