4/10/2019 Solas Chapter V - Annex 11 - Navigaiton Equipment - New Ships

Annex 11 - Navigation Equipment - New Ships

REGULATIONS 19 & 20 - CHAPTER V SOLAS

EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPS BUILT ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 2002 [1]

See Regulations 19 & 20 for full description)
Equipment to meet IMO Performance Standards.

See also ANNEX 8 – Notes on PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and TYPE APPROVAL

And ANNEX 9 - Table of IMO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and TESTING STANDARDS

PARA NO. All Ships 150 gt and over & 300 gt and over 500 gt and 3000 gt and 10000 gt and 50000 gt and
EQUIPMENT ITEM all passenger & all passenger
REG. 19 [2] ships ships
over [3] over over over

2.1.1 Standard magnetic compass X X X X X X X

2.1.2 Pelorus X X X X X X X
2.1.3 Means of correcting headings / bearings to true X X X X X X X
2.1.4 Nautical Charts or ECDIS X X X X X X X
2.1.5 Back up if ECDIS fitted X X X X X X X
2.1.6 GNSS receiver or terrestrial position finding X X X X X X X
equipment
2.1.7 Radar reflector (v/ls under 150 gt only) X . . . . . .

2.1.8 Sound Reception System (if bridge totally X X X X X X X

enclosed)
2.1.9 Telephone to emergency steering position (where X X X X X X X
fitted)
2.2.1 Spare magnetic compass . X X X X X X

2.2.2 Daylight signalling lamp . X X X X X X

2.3.1 Echo sounder . . X X X X X

2.3.2 9 GHz radar . . X X X X X

2.3.3 Electronic plotting aid (EPA) . . X . . . .

2.3.4 Speed and distance measuring equipment (SDME) . . X X X X X

(through water))
2.3.5 Means to transmit heading heading information to . . X . . . .
Radar, EPA and AIS
2.4 Automatic identification system (AIS) See also ANNEX 17-AIS for timetable
2.5.1 Gyro compass . . . X X X X

2.5.2 Gyro Repeater at emergency steering position . . . X X X X

2.5.3 Gyro Repeater for bearings over 360° of horizon . . . X X X X

2.5.4 Indicators for rudder angle, propeller thrust, pitch . . . X X X X

and revs

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EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPS BUILT ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 2002 [1]

See Regulations 19 & 20 for full description)
Equipment to meet IMO Performance Standards.

See also ANNEX 8 – Notes on PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and TYPE APPROVAL

And ANNEX 9 - Table of IMO PERFORMANCE STANDARDS and TESTING STANDARDS

PARA NO. All Ships 150 gt and over & 300 gt and over 500 gt and 3000 gt and 10000 gt and 50000 gt and
EQUIPMENT ITEM all passenger & all passenger
REG. 19 [2] ships ships
over [3] over over over

2.5.5 Automatic tracking aid (ATA) Radar Equipment . . . X X X X

Notes
2.7.1 3 GHz radar (or where Administration considers . . . . X X X
appropriate a second 9 GHz radar)
2.7.2 Second ATA . . . . X . .
2.8.1 Automatic radar plotting aid (ARPA) . . . . . X X

2.8.2 Heading or track control system See also . . . . . X X

ANNEX 18 - STEER-GEAR for Guidance Notes
2.9.1 Rate of turn indicator . . . . . . X

2.9.2 SDME (over ground in forward and thwartships . . . . . . X

direction)
V/20 Voyage Data Recorder (VDR) and Simplified Voyage Data Recorder (S-VDR)
See ANNEX 10- VDR for implementation timetable

[1] AIS for existing ships – see table. Position finding equipment (2.1.6) to be fitted at first survey after 1 July 2002, when RDF equipment will no longer be required. Other equipment for existing
ships to meet requirements of V/11, V12, and V/20 of SOLAS 74 unless they comply fully with new Regulation V/19.

[2] UK Pleasure vessels under 150 gt are exempt from requirements of V/19 EXCEPT 19.2.1.7 (Radar reflector, where practicable.)

[3] On all ships of 500gt and over failure of one piece of equipment should not reduce the ship’s ability to meet requirements of 2.1.1,2.1.2 and 2.1.4 (See Para.2.6)

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