Guidance

Life saving signals

For use by ships, aircraft of persons in distress when communicating with rescue units.

From:
Maritime and Coastguard Agency
Published
1 January 2003
Last updated
23 November 2021 — See all updates

Documents

Life saving signals 2021

PDF, 1 MB, 4 pages

Details

Includes pictures and descriptive information on the different type of signals you can use when in distress at sea.

Published 1 January 2003
Last updated 23 November 2021 + show all updates

  1. new leaflet uploaded

  2. Typing error corrected in 2018 version.

  3. Typo by GDS

  4. First published.

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