Navigation Sailing 6. A sailing vessel under way, or being towed, shall only carry the side lights provided by (b.) and (c.) of Rule 5 for a steam vessel under way. 7. A steam vessel, a sailing vessel, or a barge, when at anchor in the river, Thames River. shall carry where it can best be seen, at a height not exceeding twenty feet above the hull, a white light, in a globular lantern of not less than eight inches in diameter, and so constructed as to show a clear uniform and unbroken light, visible all round the horizon, at a distance of at least one mile; provided always that where masted vessels are lying in tiers, the outermost off shore masted vessels only of each tier shall each carry a light similar to that required for vessels at anchor; but barges lying at the usual barge moorings in the river above Barking Creek shall not be required to exhibit such riding light. Anchor lights. Outer vessels in tiers. Overtaken vessels. Lights to mark position of wrecks. Dredgers' lights. Caution as to speed in a fog. Steam whistles and bell. 8. A vessel which is being overtaken by another vessel below Barking Creek shall show from her stern to such last-mentioned vessel a white light, or a flareup light. This rule shall not apply to boats, wherries, punts, or canoes. 9. All vessels when employed to mark the positions of wrecks or other obstructions shall exhibit two bright lights placed horizontally not less than six nor more than twelve feet apart. 10. Every steam dredger moored in the river shall, between sunset and sunrise, exhibit three bright lights from globular lanterns of not less than eight inches in diameter, the said three lights to be placed in a triangular form, and to be of sufficient power to be distinctly visible with a clear atmosphere, on a dark night, at a distance of at least one mile, and to be placed not less than six feet apart on the highest part of the framework, athwart-ships. Rules concerning Fog, &c. Signals. 11. All vessels entering or being overtaken by a fog shall be navigated with the greatest caution and at a very moderate speed. 12. Every steam vessel navigating the river shall be provided with a steam whistle or other efficient steam sound signal, so placed that the sound may not be intercepted by any obstruction, and also with an efficient bell. Every sailing Fog horn and vessel navigating the river shall be provided with an efficient fog horn, and also bell. Fog signals, when under way. Slacken speed or stop. Speed between and London Bridge. Overtaking vessel to keep out of the way. When intending to pass port side to port side. with an efficient bell. 13. In fog, whether by day or night, the signals described in this rule shall be used, that is to say: (a.) Á steam vessel under way shall make with her steam whistle, or other steam sound signal, at intervals of not more than two minutes, a prolonged blast. (6.) A sailing vessel under way shall sound her fog horn at intervals of not more than two minutes. (c.) All steam vessels and all sailing vessels when in the fairway of the river, and not under way, shall at intervals of not more than two minutes ring the bell. Rules as to Speed and Mode of Navigation. 14. Every steam vessel, when approaching another vessel, so as to involve risk of collision, shall slacken her speed, and shall stop and reverse, if necessary. 15. Steam vessels navigating the river between Barking Creek and London Bridge, other than river passenger steamers certified to carry passengers in smooth water only, shall never exceed a speed of seven statute miles per hour over the ground whether with or against the tide. 16. Every sailing vessel or steam vessel, overtaking any other vessel, shall keep out of the way of the overtaken vessel, which latter vessel shall keep her course. BYE-LAWS and RULES regulating the NAVIGATION of the RIVER between Steam-whistle Signals. 17. When two steam vessels are in sight of one another, and are approaching with risk of collision, the following steam signals shall be intimations of the course they intend to take: (a.) One short blast of the steam-whistle of about three seconds duration to mean "I am directing my course to starboard, and intend to pass you port side to port side." The use of this signal shall be optional. (b.) Two short blasts of the steam-whistle, each of about three seconds dura tion, to mean "I am directing my course to port, and intend to pass This latter signal shall not be used in the case provided by Rule (22) where Thames River. that rule can be obeyed; but it shall be compulsory to use this signal when a departure from that rule is necessary to avoid immediate danger. When intend 18. When it is unsafe or impracticable for a steam vessel to keep out of the ing to pass way of a sailing vessel, she shall signify the same to the sailing vessel by four starboard side or more blasts of the steam-whistle in rapid succession, the blasts to be of about to starboard two seconds duration. no side. 19. The signals by whistle mentioned in the preceding rules shall not be used When a steam on any occasion or for any purpose except those mentioned in the rules; and vessel cannot other signal by whistle shall be made by any steam vessel unless it be by a prolonged blast of not less than five seconds duration. Steering and Sailing Rules. 20. When two sailing vessels are approaching one another, so as to involve risk of collision, one of them shall keep out of the way of the other, as follows, viz. : (a.) A vessel which is running free shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled. (b.) A vessel which is close-hauled on the port tack shall keep out of the way of a vessel which is close-hauled on the starboard tack. (c.) When both are running free with the wind on different sides, the vessel which has the wind on the port side shall keep out of the way of the other. (d.) When both are running free with the wind on the same side, the vessel which is to windward shall keep out of the way of the vessel which is to leeward. (e.) A vessel which has the wind aft shall keep out of the way of the other vessel. 21. If a sailing vessel and a steam vessel are proceeding in such a direction as to involve risk of collision, the steam vessel shall keep out of the way of the sailing vessel. keep out of less than five tion. Steam vessels If, owing to causes beyond the control of those navigating the steam vessel, it is unsafe or impracticable for the steam vessel to keep out of the way of the sailing vessel, she shall signify the same to the sailing vessel by four or more blasts of the steam whistle in rapid succession, as mentioned in Rule (18); the sailing vessel shall then keep out of the way. 22. When two steam vessels proceeding in opposite directions, the one up and the other down the river, are approaching one another so as to involve risk of collision, they shall pass one another port side to port side. 23. Steam vessels navigating against the tide shall, before rounding the proaching to following points, viz., Coalhouse Point, Tilburyness, Broadness, Stoneness, pass port side to port side. Crayfordness, Cold Harbour Point, Jenningtree Point, Halfway House Point or Crossness, Margaretness or Tripcock Point, Bull Point or Gallionsness, Hook- Rounding ness, and Blackwall Point, ease their engines, and wait until any other vessels points. rounding the point with the tide have passed clear. 24. Steam vessels crossing from one side of the river towards the other side, shall keep out of the way of vessels navigating up and down the river. 25. Where by the above rules one of two vessels is to keep out of the the other shall keep her course. BYE-LAWS and RULES regulating the NAVIGATION of the RIVER above TEDDINGTON. way, 26. When two steam vessels proceeding in opposite directions, the one up and the other down the river, are approaching one another so as to involve risk of collision, they shall pass one another port side to port side. 27. Steam vessels navigating against the stream shall ease, and if necessary stop, to allow vessels coming down with the stream to pass clear. 28. Every steam vessel shall, when under way, after sunset and before sunrise, either carry the lights required for steam vessels by Rule 5, or exhibit a bright white light on or above the stem, or on the funnel. 29. The name of every steam vessel navigating the river shall be painted or marked and kept in plainly legible characters not less than two inches in length 5 X 2 Steam vessels crossing the river. Steam vessels the stream to going against give way. Lights on steamers above Ted dington. steam vessel to Navigation on the outside of both bows and on the outside of the stern; and such name and Rules. the residence of the owner shall be registered with the conservators. Thames River. be marked on bows and 30. Any person committing any breach of or in any way infringing any of these bye-laws shall be liable to a penalty of, and shall forfeit, a sum not exceeding 5., which said penalty shall be recovered, enforced, and applied according to the provisions of the Thames Conservancy Acts, 1857 and 1864. stern. Penalty. Passenger Steamship Certificates Bombay. ORDER IN COUNCIL relating to Certificates for Passenger Steamships At the Court at Balmoral, the 28th day of October, 1879 : And whereas the legislature of the British possession of Bombay has provided for the survey and grant of certificates for passenger steamers: And whereas the Board of Trade have reported to her Majesty that they are satisfied that such certificates are to the like effect, and are granted after a like survey, and in such manner as to be equally efficient with the certificates granted for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the acts relating to merchant shipping: Now, therefore, her Majesty is hereby pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council 1. To declare that the certificates granted under the said provision by the legislature of the British possession of Bombay for passenger steamers shall be of the same force as if they had been granted for the same purpose in the United Kingdom under the said acts relating to merchant shipping. 2. To declare that all the provisions of the said acts which relate to certificates granted for passenger steamers under those acts shall, without modification, except as hereinafter mentioned, apply to the certificates referred to in this Order. 3. To declare that it shall not be lawful for a passenger steamer to which this Order relates to proceed to sea with passengers on board from any port or place in the United Kingdom on any voyage other than one to the said possession of Bombay, or to any intermediate place or places situate on such voyage. 4. To declare that if any passenger steamer goes to sea from any place in the United Kingdom with any passengers on board upon any voyage other than a voyage to the said possession of Bombay, or any intermediate place or places as aforesaid, the owner thereof shall for every such offence incur a penalty not exceeding 507., and such penalty is hereby imposed accordingly. Pilotage. Trinity House of Deptford Strond (Licences for exempt Ships between the Nore and Rochester). ORDERS IN COUNCIL relating to Pilotage within the Pilotage Jurisdiction of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond. I. At the Court at Balmoral, the 6th day of September, 1880 : Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by the 333rd section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," it is enacted that, subject to the provisions contained in the fifth part of the act, it shall be lawful for every pilotage authority, by bye-law made with the consent of her Majesty in Council, amongst other things, "to determine the qualifications to be required from persons applying to be licensed as pilots," and "to fix the terms and conditions of granting licences to pilots:" And whereas it is expedient to make regulations to determine the qualifications to be required from persons so applying to be licensed, and to fix the terms and conditions of granting such licences: And whereas it has been made to appear to the Corporation of the Trinity House of Deptford Strond, being the pilotage authority for the port of London and the seas and channels leading thereto, according to the meaning of the said recited act, that certain persons have for a long period of time been employed in piloting ships between the Nore and Rochester without being duly licensed as pilots by the said pilotage authority: And whereas it has been resolved by the said Corporation of the Trinity House that such a number of the said persons as the corporation shall from time to time see fit shall be licensed as pilots by the corporation for the purpose of piloting ships exempted from compulsory pilotage between the Nore and Rochester: And whereas it has been deemed expedient that the qualification to be required from such last-named persons, and the terms and conditions of granting licences to them, should differ and be distinct from the qualifications, terms, and conditions which apply to the appointing and licensing of pilots for the general service within the said London district, and it is intended to designate such persons to be so licensed as "pilots for exempted ships: " And whereas the said corporation have submitted for the consent of her Majesty in Council certain regulations (hereunto annexed) for the licensing of persons as pilots, and whereas the said regulations appear to be proper and reasonable: Now, therefore, her Majesty, by virtue of the power vested in her by the said recited act, and by and with the advice of her Privy Council, is pleased to approve, and doth hereby approve, of the said regulations so submitted as aforesaid. REGULATIONS referred to in the foregoing ORDER. 1. All persons applying for licences as pilots for such exempted ships between the Nore and Rochester, shall produce such certificates as shall be deemed satisfactory by the Trinity House previously to examination as in the said act provided on the following points, viz.: (1.) Their qualification by previous service under the rule hereinafter provided. (2.) Their previous good conduct and habits of sobriety. (3.) That they are in good health and not afflicted with any bodily complaint or infirmity, rendering them unfit to perform the duties of a pilot, which last certificate shall be under the hand of a duly-authorized medical practitioner. 2. Any person who shall be able to prove to the satisfaction of the Trinity House that he has piloted ships between the Nore and Rochester for a period of two years previously to the date of this bye-law, or that he is otherwise eligible by practical experience in the navigation of vessels within that district, shall be deemed qualified after examination, as in the said act provided, to be licensed as a pilot for the navigation between the Nore and Rochester, subject to the following terms and conditions, viz. : (1.) That such licence shall authorize him to act as pilot only on board such exempted ships and no others; all pilots so licensed being intended to be designated "pilots for exempted ships." (2.) That such licence shall not authorize him to supersede, in the charge of any ship, any other pilot duly licensed by the Trinity House for the said navigation between the Nore and Rochester. (3.) That he shall be subject to all bye-laws, rules, orders, and regulations made or hereafter to be made by the Trinity House for the government of pilots generally, and to all penalties thereby imposed and provided, unless specially exempted therefrom. (4.) That he shall pay the like sums of money as are payable by pilots licensed for the London district on their appointment and on the annual renewal of their licences, but shall not be required to pay to the Pilots' Fund the Pilotage. Trinity House Nore and Rochester). Trinity House Trinity House Ships between poundage of sixpence in the pound upon the pilotage earnings of pilots licensed by the Trinity House, as provided by the 385th section of the said act, nor shall he or his widow or children be entitled to any benefit from the said Pilots' Fund. II. At the Court at Balmoral, the 6th day of September, 1880: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by the 9th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1872," it is enacted that the Trinity House may, by bye-law made with the sanction of her Majesty in Council, repeal or relax the provisions of the 358th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," within the whole or any part of their district, so far as to allow any pilot or class of pilots under their jurisdiction to demand or receive and any master to offer or pay any rate less than the rate for the time being demandable by law: And whereas it appears to the Trinity House expedient to relax the provisions of the said section in respect of pilotage services between the Nore and Rochester (being a district of the Trinity House) to the extent hereinafter appearing: And whereas the Trinity House hath submitted for the sanction of her Majesty in Council the following bye-law (that is to say): From and after the publication in the London Gazette of the Order signifying the consent of her Majesty in Council to this bye-law, no pilot licensed by the Trinity House for the navigation between the Nore and Rochester shall incur any penalty for demanding or receiving in respect of the pilotage within the limits aforesaid of any ship exempted from compulsory pilotage any rate less than the rate for the time being demandable by law in respect of such ship, and no master of any such ship shall incur any penalty for offering or paying in respect of the pilotage of any such ship within the limits aforesaid any rate less than the rate for the time being demandable by law in respect of such ship, anything contained in the 358th section of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1854," to the contrary notwithstanding. Now, therefore, her Majesty, having taken the said bye-law into consideration, and deeming the same to be reasonable and proper, is pleased, by and with the advice of her Privy Council, and by virtue of the power vested in her by the said recited act, to declare her consent to the same, and the said bye-law is hereby approved accordingly. Sea Fisheries. ORDER IN COUNCIL relating to the Lettering and Numbering of Sea Registration Fishing Boats. At the Court at Windsor, the 26th day of February, 1880: Present, The Queen's most excellent Majesty in Council. WHEREAS by "The Sea Fisheries Act, 1868," it is (among other things) enacted that it shall be lawful for her Majesty from time to time by Order in Council to make, alter, and revoke regulations for carrying into execution the said act and the intent and object thereof, and for the maintenance of good order among sea-fishing boats and the persons belonging thereto : And whereas by the said act it is further enacted that it shall be lawful for her Majesty by Order in Council from time to time to do all or any of |